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Availability Bias (Behavioural Economics)

Level:
A-Level
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR

Last updated 21 Mar 2021

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The availability bias happens when we overestimating the likelihood of something happening because a similar event has either happened recently or because we feel very emotional about a previous similar event.

Behavioural Economics - Availability Bias
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