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    For reviews from different perspectives of the influence of risk on decision making, see: Camerer et al. (2011), Fox and Tversky (1998), Kőszegi and Rabin (2007), Lopes (1994), Oliver (2013), Reyna (2004), Ricciardi (2008), Shefrin (2006), Sitkin and Pablo (1992) amongst many others.

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