Decision Anomalies, Experimenter Assumptions, and Participants' Comprehension: Revaluating the Uncertainty Effect

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-317

  Keren, Gideon ^a   Willemsen, Martijn C ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 68649085649     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.628     Document Type: Article

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