Control, Cost, and Confidence:Perseverance and Procrastination in the Face of Failure
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- Deimen, Inga & Wirtz, Julia, 2022. "Control, cost, and confidence: Perseverance and procrastination in the face of failure," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 52-74.
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- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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