Multiple reference points in investor regret

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 781-792

  Lin, Chien Huang ^a   Huang, Wen Hsien ^b   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Counterfactual thinking; Investment decisions; Multiple reference points; Regret

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750627812     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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