Foreign Policy Decision Making in Familiar and Unfamiliar Settings: An experimental study of high-ranking military officers

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-104

  Mintz, Alex ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Experimental analysis; Poliheuristic theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642578125     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002703261055     Document Type: Review

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