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Effects of Constrained Information on Player Decisions in Experimental Business Simulation: Some Empirical Evidence

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              Journal of the ACM  Volume 18, Issue 1
              Jan. 1971
              136 pages
              ISSN:0004-5411
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              DOI:10.1145/321623
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