Choice, accountability, and effortful processing in escalation situations

Journal of Psychology

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-343

  Wolff, Hans Georg ^a,b   Moser, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Lehrstuhl für Psychologie insb Wirtschafts und Sozialpsychologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accountability; Decision making; Escalation of commitment; Information processing; Self justification

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049119871     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0044-3409.216.4.235     Document Type: Article

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