What sense can the sense-making perspective make for economics?

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-184

  Cortés, Mauricio ^a   Londoño, Sandra ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Decision making; Rationality; Sense making; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67650296260     PISSN: 19324502     EISSN: 19363567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12124-009-9093-z     Document Type: Article

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