On complexity and lotteries' evaluation - three experimental observations

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 625-637

  Mador, Galit ^a   Sonsino, Doron ^a   Benzion, Uri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

2340; C91; Complexity; D81; D90; Decision making; Expected utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038804201     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(00)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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