Regret aversion in reason-based choice

Theory and Decision

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-51

  Connolly, Terry ^a   Reb, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accept reject effect; Decision justification; Decoy effect; Most important attribute effect; Reason based choice; Regret; Regret aversion

Indexed keywords

ACCEPT/REJECT EFFECT; DECISION JUSTIFICATION; DECOY EFFECT; MOST IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTE EFFECT; REASON-BASED CHOICE; REGRET; REGRET AVERSION;

DECISION THEORY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84861979173     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-011-9269-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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