Social Reference Points Shape Decisions under Uncertainty
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Choice under uncertainty; risk taking; ambiguity; social comparison; inequity aversion;All these keywords.
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- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
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