Are preference reversals errors? An experimental investigation

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-218

  Schmidt, Ulrich ^a   Hey, John D ^b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Errors; Preference reversal; Scale compatibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944469835     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RISK.0000046143.10752.0a     Document Type: Article

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