Risk aversion in human subjects under conditions of probabilistic reward

Psychological Record

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-234

  Lane, Scott D ^a   Cherek, Don R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034384152     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395353     Document Type: Article

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