The impact of personal experience on behavior: Evidence from video-rental fines

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-61

  Haselhuhn, Michael P ^a   Pope, Devin G ^b   Schweitzer, Maurice E ^c   Fishman, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward looking behavior; Behavioral economics; Decision making; Decisions following descriptions versus experience; Learning

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD-LOOKING BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; DECISIONS FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS VERSUS EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL DATA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE;

DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84856250439     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1367     Document Type: Article

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