Impact Bias or Underestimation? Outcome Specifications Predict the Direction of Affective Forecasting Errors
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DOI: 10.1037/xge0000306
Abstract: Affective forecasts are used to anticipate the hedonic impact of future events and decide which events to pursue or avoid. We propose that because affective forecasters are more sensitive to outcome specifications of events than… read more here.
Keywords: forecasting errors; outcome specifications; impact; affective forecasting ... See more keywords