How basic are behavioral biases? Evidence from capuchin monkey trading behavior

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 517-537

  Chen, M Keith ^a   Lakshminarayanan, Venkat ^a   Santos, Laurie R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY; DECISION MAKING; INNATE BEHAVIOR;

CEBUS;

EID: 33746253652     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503550     Document Type: Article

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