An effort based analysis of the paradoxical effects of incentives on decision-aided performance

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-360

  Samuels, Janet A ^a   Whitecotton, Stacey M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision aids; Decision making; Effort; Incentives; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052586784     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.691     Document Type: Article

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