The psychological ideas of Amos Tversky and their relevance for political science

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-33

  McDermott, Rose ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amos Tversky; Decision making under risk; Judgmental heuristics; Prospect theory; Reason based choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035578681     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951692801013001001     Document Type: Article

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