Repugnance as a constraint on markets

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 37-58

  Roth, Alvin E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36248979927     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.21.3.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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