Do trade union leaders violate subjective expected utility? Some insights from experimental data

Theory and Decision

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-253

  Maffioletti, Anna ^a   Santoni, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Ellsberg's paradox; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ELLSBERG'S PARADOX; TRADE UNIONS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAME THEORY;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 27844485074     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-005-8633-3     Document Type: Article

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