Risk attitude in small timesaving decisions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 129-141

  Munichor, Nira ^a   Erev, Ido ^a   Lotem, Arnon ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hot stove effect; Payoff variability effect; Prospect theory; RELACS; Small decisions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748760340     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.12.3.129     Document Type: Article

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