Shunning uncertainty: The neglect of learning opportunities

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-55

  Trautmann, Stefan T ^a   Zeckhauser, Richard J ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambler's fallacy; Information; Learning; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873130557     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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