Michael L. DeKay

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Michael L. DeKay is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and General Decision Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. DeKay has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 17 papers in General Decision Sciences. Recurrent topics in Michael L. DeKay's work include Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (17 papers), Risk Perception and Management (15 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (11 papers). Michael L. DeKay is often cited by papers focused on Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (17 papers), Risk Perception and Management (15 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (11 papers). Michael L. DeKay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Australia. Michael L. DeKay's co-authors include David A. Asch, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Shahzeen Z. Attari, Cliff I. Davidson, Paul S. Fischbeck, Gary H. McClelland, H. Keith Florig, M. Granger Morgan, Peter A. Ubel and John C. Hershey and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. DeKay

51 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Public perceptions of energy consumption and savings

2010 476 citations Shahzeen Z. Attari, Michael L. DeKay et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael L. DeKay United States	24	605	594	471	279	219	53	2.2k
Stephen Read United States	3	1.4k 2.3×	139 0.2×	178 0.4×	75 0.3×	161 0.7×	7	1.9k
Barbara Kanninen United States	16	283 0.5×	2.9k 4.8×	411 0.9×	365 1.3×	457 2.1×	21	3.8k
Robert E. O’Connor United States	40	2.0k 3.3×	308 0.5×	1.3k 2.7×	194 0.7×	36 0.2×	155	6.6k
Torbjørn Rundmo Norway	38	1.0k 1.7×	154 0.3×	369 0.8×	241 0.9×	48 0.2×	96	5.3k
Tim Rakow United Kingdom	23	305 0.5×	459 0.8×	56 0.1×	114 0.4×	752 3.4×	64	2.6k
Judith Covey United Kingdom	22	337 0.6×	574 1.0×	42 0.1×	329 1.2×	224 1.0×	58	1.6k
Mandy Ryan United Kingdom	18	243 0.4×	2.1k 3.6×	336 0.7×	492 1.8×	335 1.5×	31	2.9k
Michael D. Kaplowitz United States	23	780 1.3×	529 0.9×	716 1.5×	252 0.9×	32 0.1×	52	2.9k
Craig W. Trumbo United States	23	1.7k 2.8×	117 0.2×	319 0.7×	145 0.5×	45 0.2×	43	2.6k
Fergus Bolger United Kingdom	18	536 0.9×	203 0.3×	56 0.1×	65 0.2×	318 1.5×	37	1.5k

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DeKay, Michael L., et al.. (2024). Risky-Choice Framing Effects Result Partly From Mismatched Option Descriptions in Gains and Losses. Psychological Science. 35(8). 918–932.

Boeck, Paul De, Michael L. DeKay, & Jolynn Pek. (2024). Adventitious Error and Its Implications for Testing Relations Between Variables and for Composite Measurement Outcomes. Psychometrika. 89(3). 1055–1073. 1 indexed citations

DeKay, Michael L., et al.. (2022). Accelerating Psychological Science With Metastudies: A Demonstration Using the Risky-Choice Framing Effect. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 17(6). 1704–1736. 23 indexed citations

DeKay, Michael L., Dalia Patiño‐Echeverri, & Paul S. Fischbeck. (2018). Distortion of Outcome and Probability Information in Risky Decisions. Figshare.

DeKay, Michael L., et al.. (2013). Assessing the sensitivity of information distortion to four potential influences in studies of risky choice. Judgment and Decision Making. 8(6). 662–677. 12 indexed citations

Xu, Jianhua, H. Keith Florig, & Michael L. DeKay. (2011). Evaluating an analytic–deliberative risk‐ranking process in a Chinese context. Journal of Risk Research. 14(7). 899–918. 9 indexed citations

Attari, Shahzeen Z., et al.. (2011). Changing Household Behaviors to Curb Climate Change: How Hard Can it Be?. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 4(1). 9–11. 1 indexed citations

DeKay, Michael L., et al.. (2011). Sizing up information distortion: Quantifying its effect on the subjective values of choice options. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 19(2). 349–356. 12 indexed citations

Attari, Shahzeen Z., et al.. (2010). Public Perceptions of Energy Consumption and Savings. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Bronfman, Nicolás C., Luis A. Cifuentes, Michael L. DeKay, & Henry H. Willis. (2007). Accounting for Variation in the Explanatory Power of the Psychometric Paradigm: The Effects of Aggregation and Focus. Journal of Risk Research. 10(4). 527–554. 26 indexed citations

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DeKay, Michael L., John C. Hershey, Mark Spranca, Peter A. Ubel, & David A. Asch. (2006). Are medical treatments for individuals and groups like single-play and multiple-play gambles?. Judgment and Decision Making. 1(2). 134–145. 7 indexed citations

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Willis, Henry H., Michael L. DeKay, Baruch Fischhoff, & M. Granger Morgan. (2005). Aggregate, Disaggregate, and Hybrid Analyses of Ecological Risk Perceptions. Risk Analysis. 25(2). 405–428. 43 indexed citations

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Willis, Henry H., Michael L. DeKay, M. Granger Morgan, H. Keith Florig, & Paul S. Fischbeck. (2004). Ecological Risk Ranking: Development and Evaluation of a Method for Improving Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making. Risk Analysis. 24(2). 363–378. 56 indexed citations

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DeKay, Michael L., Carol A. Nickerson, Peter A. Ubel, et al.. (2000). Further Explorations of Medical Decisions for Individuals and for Groups. Medical Decision Making. 20(1). 39–44. 6 indexed citations

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DeKay, Michael L. & David A. Asch. (1998). Is the Defensive Use of Diagnostic Tests Good for Patients, or Bad?. Medical Decision Making. 18(1). 19–28. 72 indexed citations

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Asch, David A. & Michael L. DeKay. (1997). Euthanasia Among US Critical Care Nurses. Medical Care. 35(9). 890–900. 30 indexed citations

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Ubel, Peter A., Michael L. DeKay, Jonathan Baron, & David A. Asch. (1996). Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in a Setting of Budget Constraints — Is It Equitable?. New England Journal of Medicine. 334(18). 1174–1177. 149 indexed citations

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Park, Bernadette, Michael L. DeKay, & Sue Kraus. (1994). Aggregating social behavior into person models: Perceiver-induced consistency.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 66(3). 437–459. 45 indexed citations

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DeKay, Michael L. & Jennifer J. Freyd. (1991). The Effects of Drawing Method on the Discriminability of Characters.. Visible Language. 25(4). 376–414. 1 indexed citations

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Freyd, Jennifer J., Michael H. Kelly, & Michael L. DeKay. (1990). Representational momentum in memory for pitch.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 16(6). 1107–1117. 37 indexed citations

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