The robust beauty of simple associations

Rationality and Social Responsibility: Essays in Honor of Robyn Mason Dawes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 111-140

  Krueger, Joachim I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203889695     Document Type: Chapter

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