Does consumer irrationality trump consumer sovereignty?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 691-696

  Waldfogel, Joel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 31544453873     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465305775098107     Document Type: Review

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