The impact of excess choice on deferment of decisions to volunteer

Excess choice has previously been shown to have detrimental effects on decisions about consumer products. As the number of options increases, people are more likely to put off making an active choice (i.e., defer) and show less satisfaction with any purchase actually made. We extend this line of enq...

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Main Authors: Lauren S. Carroll, Mathew P. White, Sabine Pahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2011-10-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/11/11418/jdm11418.pdf