When effortful thinking influences judgmental anchoring: differential effects of forewarning and incentives on self-generated and externally provided anchors

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-212

  Epley, Nicholas ^a   Gilovich, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Bias; Effortful thought; Incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944473018     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.495     Document Type: Review

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