Do Economists Make Bad Citizens?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 187-192

  Frank, Robert H ^a   Gilovich, Thomas D ^b   Regan, Dennis T ^b  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0001351359     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.10.1.187     Document Type: Article

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