The distortion of information to support an emerging evaluation of risk

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-139

  Russo, J E ^a   Yong, Kevyn ^b  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Desirability bias; Distortion of information; Format of information; Risk; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DESIRABILITY BIAS; DISTORTION OF INFORMATION; FORMAT OF INFORMATION;

RATING; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952990513     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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