Impact of regulatory focus on ambiguity aversion

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412-430

  Liu, Hsin Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambiguity aversion; Goal orientation; Regulatory focus; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052584982     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.702     Document Type: Article

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