On preference for flexibility and complexity aversion: Experimental evidence

Theory and Decision

Volumn 51, Issue 2-4, 2001, Pages 197-216

  Sonsino, Doron ^a   Mandelbaum, Marvin ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complexity; Flexibility; Information; Menu dependence; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041781700     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015555026870     Document Type: Article

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