Heuristics, biases, and the regulation of risk

Policy Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-78

  Gowda, M V Rajeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033397092     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004340726008     Document Type: Article

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