The role of desires in sequential impulsive choices

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-194

  Dholakia, Utpal M ^a   Gopinath, Mahesh ^b   Bagozzi, Richard P ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Desire; Impulsive choice; Motivation and decision making; Sequential decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744446922     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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