On the weighting of rare events and the economics of small decisions

Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems

Volumn 590, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-73

  Erev, Ido ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 53749083030     PISSN: 00758442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68660-6_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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