The maximization inventory

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-60

  Turner, Brandon M ^a   Rim, Hye Bin ^b   Betz, Nancy E ^b   Nygren, Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative search; Decision difficulty; Maximization; Satisficing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856675964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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