"Search" vs. "browse": A theory of error grounded in radical (not rational) ignorance

Critical Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 73-104

  Evans, Anthony J ^a   Friedman, Jeffrey ^b  

^a ESCP EUROPE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959303786     PISSN: 08913811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08913811.2011.574471     Document Type: Article

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