The human agent in behavioural finance: a Searlean perspective

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-52

  Faulkner, Philip ^a  

^a Cambridge ESOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural Finance; Heuristics; Intentionality; John Searle; Mental Accounting; Prospect Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845206100     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780110120091     Document Type: Article

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