Normative and descriptive models of decision making: Time discounting and risk sensitivity

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 208, 1997, Pages 51-70

  Kacelnik, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; RISK; TIME;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK; TIME;

EID: 0031309579     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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