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Distortion of Subjective Probabilities as a Reaction to Uncertainty
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I. Observation of slanted probabilities and computation of the correction factor, 670. — II. The question of rationality, 677. — III. Two small experiments, 686.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fellner, W.
- Venue
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1961-11
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 670
- ISSN
- 0033-5533 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2058443465
- Cited by
- 232
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 0.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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