Beyond revealed preference: choice-theoretic foundations for behavioral welfare economics

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-104

  Bernheim, B Douglas ^a   Rangel, Antonio ^a  

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EID: 62949163567     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.1.51     Document Type: Article

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