The Monty Hall Dilemma Revisited: Understanding the Interaction of Problem Definition and Decision Making
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- Philipp E. Otto, 2022. "Monty Hall three door ’anomaly’ revisited: a note on deferment in an extensive form game," Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, Springer;Fondazione Rosselli, vol. 21(1), pages 25-35, June.
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JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-1999-06-23 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-EXP-1999-06-23 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IND-1999-06-23 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-POL-1999-06-23 (Positive Political Economics)
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