More affected = more neglected: Amplification of bias in advice to the unidentified and many

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-372

  Sah, Sunita ^a   Loewenstein, George ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advice; Conflicts of interest; Decision making; Ethics; Identifiability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859254581     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611422958     Document Type: Article

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