Modeling the impact of control on the attractiveness of risk in a prospect theory framework

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-70

  Young, Diana L ^a   Goodie, Adam S ^a   Hall, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Control; Decision making; Knowledge; Probability; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650556781     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.682     Document Type: Article

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