Misconceptions and game form recognition: Challenges to theories of revealed preference and framing

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1235-1270

  Cason, Timothy N ^a   Plott, Charles R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84913573791     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677254     Document Type: Article

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