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Modeling certainty equivalents for imprecise gambles

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  • Budescu, David V.
  • Kuhn, Kristine M.
  • Kramer, Karen M.
  • Johnson, Timothy R.

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  • Budescu, David V. & Kuhn, Kristine M. & Kramer, Karen M. & Johnson, Timothy R., 2002. "Modeling certainty equivalents for imprecise gambles," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Elsevier, vol. 88(2), pages 748-768, July.
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