On the conjunction fallacy in probability judgment: New experimental evidence regarding Linda

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 551-556

  Charness, Gary ^a   Karni, Edi ^b   Levin, Dan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunction fallacy; Group consultation; Incentives; Representativeness bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349109703     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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