Cross-national differences in risk preference and lay predictions

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-179

  Hsee, Christopher K ^a   Weber, Elke U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cross cultural psychology; Cushion hypothesis; Prediction; Risk preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644451911     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0771(199906)12:2<165::AID-BDM316>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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