Principles of Economics (Second Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393623826
Author: Lee Coppock, Dirk Mateer
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 17, Problem 2QFR
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The hot hand fallacy and the gambler's fallacy with an example.
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