Regret aversion and the reluctance to exchange lottery tickets

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 194-200

  van de Ven, Niels ^a   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anticipated regret; Decision making; Emotions; Lottery; Regret; Reluctance to exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651449508     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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