Trade policy and loss aversion

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1675-1691

  Freund, Caroline ^a   Özden, Çaǧlar ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 53349177183     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.4.1675     Document Type: Article

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