The Uncertainty Effect: When a Risky Prospect is Valued Less than its Worst Possible Outcome
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- Uri Gneezy & John List & George Wu, 2006. "The uncertainty effect: When a risky prospect is valued less than its worst possible outcome," Framed Field Experiments 00152, The Field Experiments Website.
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