Nudging investors big and small toward better decisions

Decision

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 319-326

  Newall, Philip W S ^a   Love, Bradley C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Financial decision making; Information formats; Nudge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992076207     PISSN: 23259965     EISSN: 23259973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dec0000036     Document Type: Article

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