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Inattentive professional forecasters

✍ Scribed by Andrade, Philippe; Le Bihan, Hervé

Book ID
123074813
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2013
Tongue
English
Weight
574 KB
Volume
60
Category
Article
ISSN
0304-3932

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