Risk loving after the storm: A Bayesian-Network study of Hurricane Katrina evacuees

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-124

  Eckel, Catherine C ^a   El Gamal, Mahmoud A ^b   Wilson, Rick K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58649094660     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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