Camille Morvan - An Analysis of Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahnemans Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases

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Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahnemans 1974 paper Judgement Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases is a landmark in the history of psychology. Though a mere seven pages long, it has helped reshape the study of human rationality, and had a particular impact on economics where Tversky and Kahnemans work helped shape the entirely new sub discipline of behavioral economics.