Inference by Believers in the Law of Small Numbers

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DOI10.1162/003355302760193896zbMath1021.91051OpenAlexW2146299039MaRDI QIDQ4789647

Matthew Rabin

Publication date: 15 January 2003

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4sw8n41t




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