No reduction in hindsight bias after complete information and repeated testing

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-58

  Pohl, Rüdiger F ^a   Hell, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030188402     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1996.0064     Document Type: Article

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