Viewpoint: On the generalizability of lab behaviour to the field

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 347-370

  Levitt, Steven D ^a   List, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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FINANCIAL SYSTEM;

EID: 34248996858     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00412.x     Document Type: Review

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