Opportunity and preference learning

Economics and Philosophy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 275-295

  Schubert, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Opportunity criterion; preference change; reconciliation problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930755976     PISSN: 02662671     EISSN: 14740028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266267115000139     Document Type: Review

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