Preference parameters and behavioral heterogeneity: An experimental approach in the health and retirement study

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 537-579

  Barsky, Robert B ^a   Juster, F Thomas ^a   Kimball, Miles S ^a   Shapiro, Matthew D ^a  

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EID: 0001099198     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355397555280     Document Type: Article

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