Decisions from experience and the effect of rare events in risky choice

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 534-539

  Hertwig, Ralph ^a   Barron, Greg ^b   Weber, Elke U ^c   Erev, Ido ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PROBABILITY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PROBABILITY; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 4043119771     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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