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On the Rationality of Decisions with Unreliable Probabilities

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|Dec 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2009-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2182-2875 | Journal ISSN: 0873-626X
Language: English, Portuguese
Page range: 97 - 116
Submitted on: Jul 27, 2009
Published on: Dec 31, 2018
Published by: University of Lisbon
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year

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