Limiting predecisional distortion by prior valuation of attribute components

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-59

  Carlson, Kurt A ^a   Pearo, Lisa Klein ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

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EID: 2942555032     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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