Introducing procedural utility: Not only what, but also how matters

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 377-401

  Frey, Bruno S ^a,b   Benz, Matthias ^a   Stutzer, Alois ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

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EID: 6344240680     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/0932456041960560     Document Type: Review

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