Social comparison and risky choices

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-72

  Linde, Jona ^a   Sonnemans, Joep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making under risk; Experiment; Reflection effect; Social comparison; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856698308     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-011-9135-z     Document Type: Article

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