Imprecision as an account of the preference reversal phenomenon

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 277-297

  Butler, David J ^a   Loomes, Graham C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35448972934     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.1.277     Document Type: Article

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