More mixed results on boundary effects

Economics Letters

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-84

  Humphrey, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary effect hypothesis; C91; D81; Event splitting effects; Expected cardinality specific utility; Frequency effect hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032347725     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00156-6     Document Type: Article

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