Second-best considerations in correcting cognitive biases

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-20

  Besharov, Gregory ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4043140147     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4135307     Document Type: Review

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