Chapter 107 The Recognition Heuristic: A Fast and Frugal Way to Investment Choice?

Handbook of Experimental Economics Results

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2008, Pages 993-1003

  Ortmann, Andreas ^a   Gigerenzer, Gerd ^b   Borges, Bernhard ^c   Goldstein, Daniel G ^d  

^a CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c Coopers and Lybrand ^*  (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 77955482698     PISSN: 15740722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0722(07)00107-2     Document Type: Review

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