The role of impulses in shaping decisions

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 515-529

  Avrahami, Judith ^a   Kareev, Yaakov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Impulses; Individual decision making; Repeated decisions; Strategic decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455177324     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.707     Document Type: Article

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