Does part-whole bias exist? An experimental investigation

Economic Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 441, 1997, Pages 322-332

  Bateman, Ian ^a   Munro, Alistair ^a   Rhodes, Bruce ^a   Starmer, Chris ^a   Sugden, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001286617     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0133.1997.160.x     Document Type: Article

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