Why are gainers more risk seeking

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-160

  Peng, Jiaxi ^a   Miao, Danmin ^a   Xiao, Wei ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mental accounting; The house money effect; Two stage gambles; Windfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875703696     PISSN: 19302975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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