Debiasing

Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 316-338

  Larrick, Richard P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debiasing; Decision skills; Estimation; Incentives; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889358305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752937.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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