Reasoning in economics and psychology: Why social context matters

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 700-710

  Ortmann, Andreas ^a   Gigerenzer, Gerd ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

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