Who will win wimbledon? The recognition heuristic in predicting sports events

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-332

  Serwe, Sascha ^a   Frings, Christian ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Recognition heuristic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750187394     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.530     Document Type: Article

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