Common and distinct factors in decision making under ambiguity and risk: A psychometric study of individual differences

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-149

  Lauriola, Marco ^a   Levin, Irwin P ^b,c   Hart, Stephanie S ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b The University of Iowa   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Individual differences; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948946058     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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