Testing explanations of preference reversal

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 497, 2004, Pages 709-726

  Cubitt, Robin P ^a   Munro, Alistair ^a   Starmer, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 3242888874     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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