Health benefits and uncertainty: An experimental analysis of the effects of risk presentation on auction bids for a healthful product

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Shaw, W Douglass ^a   Nayga Jr , Rodolfo M ^a   Silva, Andres ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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