Two recommendations on the pursuit of happiness

Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Hsee, Christopher K ^a   Xu, Fei ^b   Tang, Ningyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

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EID: 62749156892     PISSN: 00472530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592259     Document Type: Article

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