Choice, internal consistency and rationality

Economics and Philosophy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-149

  Bhattacharyya, Aditi ^a   Pattanaik, Prasanta K ^b   Xu, Yongsheng ^c  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960230035     PISSN: 02662671     EISSN: 14740028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266267111000034     Document Type: Article

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