The influence of decision heuristics and overconfidence on multiattribute choice: A process-tracing study

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 437-453

  Selart, Marcus ^a   Kuvaas, Bård ^b   Boe, Ole ^c   Takemura, Kazuhisa ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 33646369430     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440500173054     Document Type: Article

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