Sensitivity to variability in food amount: Risk aversion is seen in discrete-choice, but not in free-choice, trials

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 15-16, 1997, Pages 1259-1272

  Roche, John P ^a   Timberlake, William ^a   Mccloud, Christie ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031322619     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997x00142     Document Type: Article

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