A Post Keynesian theory of decision making under uncertainty

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 619-637

  Fontana, Giuseppe ^a,b   Gerrard, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Post Keynesian economics; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444273307     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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