Ego-depletion and risk behavior: Too exhausted to take a risk

Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-38

  Unger, Alexander ^a   Stahlberg, Dagmar ^b  

^a Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ego depletion; Intentionality; Risk aversion; Risk behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955080632     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000040     Document Type: Article

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