Risk-defusing in decisions by probability of detection of harm and promotion and prevention focus

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 595-600

  Kirchler, Erich ^a   Hoelzl, Erik ^b   Huber, Oswald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Prevention; Promotion; Regulatory focus; Risk defusing operators; Risky decision

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955776398     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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