‘Tis better to choose and lose than to never choose at all

When decisions involve opting in or out of competition many decision makers will opt-in even when doing so leads to losses on average. In the current paper, we examine the generality of this effect in risky choices not involving competition. We found that re-framing a sure (certain) zero option as...

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Main Authors: Nathaniel J. S. Ashby, Tim Rakow, Eldad Yechiam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017-11-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/17/17622/jdm17622.pdf