Biased judgment in censored environments

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 573-591

  Feiler, Daniel C ^a   Tong, Jordan D ^b   Larrick, Richard P ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand estimation; Heuristics and biases; Inference; Inventory decisions; Learning; Risky choice

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ESTIMATION; HEURISTICS AND BIASES; INFERENCE; INVENTORY DECISIONS; LEARNING; RISKY CHOICE;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84874703426     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1612     Document Type: Article

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