Simple Models for Multiattribute Choice with Many Alternatives: When It Does and Does Not Pay to Face Trade-offs with Binary Attributes

Robin M. Hogarth
Robin M. Hogarth
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ICREA and Universitat Pompea Fabra, DEE 08005 Barcelona, Spain
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Natalia Karelaia
Natalia Karelaia
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HEC (Ecole des Hautes Études Commerciales), Université de Lausanne, Internef, 1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
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Robin M. Hogarth

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ICREA and Universitat Pompea Fabra, DEE 08005 Barcelona, Spain

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Natalia Karelaia

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HEC (Ecole des Hautes Études Commerciales), Université de Lausanne, Internef, 1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland

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Published Online:1 Dec 2005https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1050.0448

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