Perception of probabilities in situations of risk: A case based approach

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-143

  Gayer, Gabrielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Case based decision theory; Distortion of probabilities; Similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049113554     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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