Positive mood can affect a person's tendency to gamble, possibly because positive mood
fosters unrealistic optimism. At the same time, unexpected positive outcomes, often called …

People often feel passionate toward activities in sport. But passion can change, and we
know very little about how or when passion for sport changes over time. Here, we present a …

Research suggests that employees work harder under penalty contracts than under
economically equivalent bonus contracts. We build on this literature by examining how the …

Individuals are more optimistic about their own future than a comparable person's future
(personal optimism bias). In addition, they show overoptimism toward people or social …

This paper examines an emerging pricing model, contingency selling, for markets where the
product is sold in advance with attribute uncertainty and capacity constraint. A typical …

In this paper, we aimed to demonstrate how incidental surprise impacts individuals' risk-
taking behavior. Previous empirical studies have shown that incidental surprise can …

In this study, we aim to explore the impact of the experiences of review providers, referred to
as reviewers, on the usefulness of reviews based on the theory of source credibility …

An accessible, scientific account of grief, melancholy, and nostalgia in human life and their
broader lessons for understanding emotions in general. The Science of Sadness proposes …

Research on risk preferences in psychology and economics has long been conducted using
different measurement approaches. Economics typically relies on behavioral measures …

Conducting 10 experiments, this research finds that valence of explicit and implicit affective
cues influences unrealistic optimism and subsequent consumer behavioral intentions, and …