Myopic risk-seeking: The impact of narrow decision bracketing on lottery play

DOI10.1007/s11166-008-9041-1zbMath1143.91316OpenAlexW2081172272MaRDI QIDQ946667

George Loewenstein, Romel Mostafa, Emily C. Haisley

Publication date: 24 September 2008

Published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-008-9041-1

zbMATH Keywords

gamblingmyopic loss aversionbracketingdecision framingpeanuts effectstate lotteries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Probabilistic games; gambling (91A60) Experimental studies (91A90)

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