Sinful indulgences, soft substitutes, and self-control

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 719-722

  Mialon, Hugo M ^a   Mialon, Sue H ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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HEALTH AND DISEASE;

EID: 27644469233     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500193034     Document Type: Article

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