Creating convergence: Debiasing biased litigants

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 913-925

  Babcock, Linda ^a   Loewenstein, George ^a   Issacharoff, Samuel ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0031374198     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.1997.tb01092.x     Document Type: Article

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