Dishonestly increasing the likelihood of winning

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-303

  Shalvi, Shaul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice; Decision making; Dishonesty; Ethics; Lying; Mixed gambles; Morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862260298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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