A lab test on the decision not to decide
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Buck-passing; Conflict theory of decision-making; Disinvestment decisions; Financial decisions; Player types; Real monetary-stakes experiment; Risk aversion; Vigilance; Planner–doer model;All these keywords.
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- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
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