The disgust-promotes-disposal effect

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-113

  Han, Seunghee ^a   Lerner, Jennifer S ^b   Zeckhauser, Richard ^c  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Disgust; Disposal; Emotion; Status quo bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858446933     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-012-9139-3     Document Type: Article

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