Subjective relative income and lottery ticket purchases

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-295

  Haisley, Emily ^a   Mostafa, Romel ^a   Loewenstein, George ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Gambling; Lotteries; Poverty; Risk taking; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349134581     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.588     Document Type: Article

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