Coarse thinking and persuasion

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 577-619

  Mullainathan, Sendhil ^a   Schwartzstein, Joshua ^a   Shleifer, Andrei ^a  

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EID: 42149098701     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.2.577     Document Type: Article

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