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EPS Prize Lecture

Decision by sampling: The role of the decision environment in risky choice

Neil Stewart University of Warwick, Coventry, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1041-1062 | Received 11 Apr 2008, Published online: 13 May 2009

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