Adaptive behavior leads to under-diversification

@article{Zion2010AdaptiveBL,
  title={Adaptive behavior leads to under-diversification},
  author={Uri Ben Zion and Ido Erev and Ernan Haruvy and Tal Shavit},
  journal={Journal of Economic Psychology},
  year={2010},
  volume={31},
  pages={985-995}
}
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