Public resistance to indexation: A puzzle

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 1, 1997, Pages 159-228

  Shiller, Robert J ^a  

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EID: 0039862071     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2534703     Document Type: Article

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