Strategies, heuristics, and the relevance of risk-aversion in a dynamic decision problem

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 493-522

  Müller, Wieland ^a  

^a Department of Economics   (Germany)

Author keywords

2340; Backward induction; C91; D81; D90; Dynamic decision making; Heuristics; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044404539     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(01)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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