Emotional reactions to losing explain gender differences in entering a risky lottery

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-163

  Eriksson, Kimmo ^a,b   Simpson, Brent ^c  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Country differences; Gender differences; Lottery; Risk preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954526127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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