Decoy alternatives in policy choices: Asymmetric domination and compromise effects

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 575-589

  Herne, Kaisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric dominance; Compromise; Decoy effect; Individual choice; Policy choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031232268     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(97)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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