Losses Induce Consistency in Risk Taking Even Without Loss Aversion

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-40

  Yechiam, Eldad ^a   Telpaz, Ariel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decision making; Experience; Individual differences; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871038840     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.758     Document Type: Article

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