From thinking too little to thinking too much: A continuum of decision making

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-46

  Ariely, Dan ^a   Norton, Michael I ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 79961239059     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.90     Document Type: Article

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