Behavioral econometrics for psychologists

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-576

  Andersen, Steffen ^a   Harrison, Glenn W ^b   Lau, Morten Igel ^c   Rutström, Elisabet E ^d,e  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Decision making; Econometrics; Risk preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955058725     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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