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How to Be IncoherentandSeductive: Bookmakers' Odds and Support Theory

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  • Ayton, Peter, 1997. "How to Be IncoherentandSeductive: Bookmakers' Odds and Support Theory," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Elsevier, vol. 72(1), pages 99-115, October.
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