Biases in Assessments of Probabilities: New Evidence from Greyhound Races

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-167

  Terrell, Dek ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambler's fallacy; Pari mutuel game; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032245935     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007771613236     Document Type: Article

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