Rationality for Economists?

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 19, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 73-105

  McFadden, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral decision theory; Cognition; Preferences; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042214272     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007863007855     Document Type: Article

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