Probabilistic set-up and the search for probability information in quasi-naturalistic decision tasks

Risk, Decision and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-16

  Huber, Oswald ^a   Macho, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0037995334     PISSN: 13575309     EISSN: 14664534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357530901000230     Document Type: Article

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