Risky decisions: Active risk management

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-30

  Huber, Oswald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

decision making; risk defusing; risky decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856425616     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411422055     Document Type: Article

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