Social influences on risk attitudes: Applications in economics

Handbook of Risk Theory: Epistemology, Decision Theory, Ethics, and Social Implications of Risk

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 575-600

  Trautmann, Stefan T ^a   Vieider, Ferdinand M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84988677571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1433-5_22     Document Type: Chapter

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