On testing the utility hypothesis

Economic Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 443, 1997, Pages 1054-1078

  Cox, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0001321441     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.1997.tb00007.x     Document Type: Article

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