Decisions from Experience: From Monetary to Medical Gambles

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 67-77

  Lejarraga, Tomás ^a   Pachur, Thorsten ^a   Frey, Renato ^a   Hertwig, Ralph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decisions from experience; Information search; Medical choice; Monetary choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953835692     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.1877     Document Type: Article

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