Do military decision makers behave as predicted by prospect theory?

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 482-497

  Haerem, Thorvald ^a   Kuvaas, Bård ^a   Bakken, Bjørn T ^b   Karlsen, Tone ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asian disease problem; Behavioral decision making; Military; Risky choice framing; Self efficacy; Time pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455129266     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.704     Document Type: Article

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