The effects of beliefs versus risk attitude on bargaining outcomes

Theory and Decision

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-101

  Dickinson, David L ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Dispute resolution; Experiments; Optimism; Risk preference

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BARGAINING; DATA INTERPRETATIONS; DISPUTE RESOLUTION; IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS; LABOR STRIKES; OPTIMISM; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES; RISK ATTITUDES; RISK AVERSIONS; RISK PREFERENCE; SETTLEMENT RATES; UNCERTAINTY ENVIRONMENTS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 59349096112     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-007-9075-x     Document Type: Article

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