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Psychological Study of Human Judgment: Implications for Investment Decision Making

1972; Wiley; Volume: 27; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/2978668

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1540-6261

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Paul Slovic,

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Financial Reporting and Valuation Research

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The Journal of FinanceVolume 27, Issue 4 p. 779-799 Article PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF HUMAN JUDGMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR INVESTMENT DECISION MAKING Paul Slovic, Paul Slovic Research Psychologist The author is a research psychologist at the Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon. This paper is a revised version of an address presented at the Fall Seminar of the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, October 30, 1970, in Columbus, Ohio. The author is indebted to W. Scott Bauman, Lewis R. Goldberg, Michael Hopewell, George Huber, Benjamin Kleinmuntz, Sarah Lichtenstein, and Leonard G. Rorer for comments on various portions of the manuscript.Search for more papers by this author Paul Slovic, Paul Slovic Research Psychologist The author is a research psychologist at the Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon. This paper is a revised version of an address presented at the Fall Seminar of the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, October 30, 1970, in Columbus, Ohio. 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