Heuristics and biases in bankruptcy judges

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-186

  Rachlinski, Jeffrey J ^a   Wistrich, Andrew J ^b   Guthrie, Chris ^c  

^a MIT Sloan School of Management   (United States)

^b Roybal Federal Building ^*  (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247581189     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/093245607780181865     Document Type: Article

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