A memory-based model of bounded rationality

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 735-774

  Mullainathan, Sendhil ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0036704134     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355302760193887     Document Type: Article

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