Evidence of choice avoidance in capital-investment judgements;Observation de l'esquive du choix dans les décisions d'investissement

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1063-1092

  Sawers, Kimberly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital investment decisions; Choice avoidance; Decision difficulty; Negative affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844436776     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/2UKM-AW62-BNA6-0AP6     Document Type: Review

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