Confirmation bias in individual-level perceptions of psychic distance: An experimental investigation

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 938-959

  Baack, Daniel W ^a   Dow, Douglas ^b   Parente, Ronaldo ^c   Bacon, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

confirmation bias; country risk; experiment; foreign market entry; psychic distance; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942164290     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2015.19     Document Type: Article

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