Search, choice, and revealed preference

Theoretical Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-48

  Caplin, Andrew ^a   Dean, Mark ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Decision time; Framing effects; Incomplete information; Revealed preference; Search theory; Status quo bias; Stochastic choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651413673     PISSN: 19336837     EISSN: 15557561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/TE592     Document Type: Article

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