Demand curves and welfare

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 983-990

  Houston, Alasdair I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031149998     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0397     Document Type: Article

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