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Original Articles

An explanatory analysis of perceived risk decision weights (perceived-risk attitudes) and perceived benefit decision weights (perceived-benefit attitudes) in risk-value models

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Pages 739-761 | Received 15 Oct 2016, Accepted 19 Apr 2019, Published online: 02 Jul 2019

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