Inference by believers in the law of small numbers

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 775-816

  Rabin, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036704218     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355302760193896     Document Type: Review

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