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The tree of experience in the forest of information: Overweighing experienced relative to observed information

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  • Simonsohn, Uri
  • Karlsson, Niklas
  • Loewenstein, George
  • Ariely, Dan

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  • Simonsohn, Uri & Karlsson, Niklas & Loewenstein, George & Ariely, Dan, 2008. "The tree of experience in the forest of information: Overweighing experienced relative to observed information," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 62(1), pages 263-286, January.
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