Satisficing in portfolio selection-Theoretical aspects and experimental tests

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 505-522

  Güth, Werner ^a  

^a Institute of Economics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspirations; Bounded rationality; Investment decisions; Rational choice; Satisficing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249869567     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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