Behavioral economics: How psychology made its (limited) way back into economics

History of Political Economy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 735-760

  Sent, Esther Mirjam ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 11044230420     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-36-4-735     Document Type: Review

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