Probabilities vs money: A test of some fundamental assumptions about rational decision making

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 447, 1998, Pages 477-489

  Loomes, Graham ^a  

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EID: 0000933037     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00299     Document Type: Article

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