Bounded rationality: Two interpretations from psychology

Handbook of Contemporary Behavioral Economics: Foundations and Developments

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 218-236

  Rieskamp, Jörg ^a   Hertwig, Ralph ^b   Todd, Peter M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315703879-20     Document Type: Chapter

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