Comparing two tiny giants or two huge dwarfs? Preference reversals owing to number size framing

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-65

  Wong, Kin Fai Ellick ^a   Kwong, Jessica Y Y ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Framing effects; Number size framing; Number size preference reversals; Preference reversal; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844498724     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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