Accounting and convincing: The effect of two types of justification on the decision process

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-85

  Huber, Oswald ^a   Seiser, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Accounting of decision; Decision; Decision process; Justification of decision

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044523076     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0771(200101)14:1<69::AID-BDM366>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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