Respondents in Asian cultures (e.g., Chinese) are more risk-seeking and more overconfident than respondents in other cultures (e.g., in United States) but the reciprocal predictions are in total opposition: How and why?

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-292

  Li, Shu ^a   Fang, Yongqing ^b  

^a Hwa Nan Women's College   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian cultures; Overconfident; Risk seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 50649102591     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568537041725123     Document Type: Article

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