Obesity as market failure: Could a 'deliberative economy' overcome the problems of paternalism?

Kyklos

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-190

  Anand, Paul ^a   Gray, Alastair ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; MARKET CONDITIONS; OBESITY;

EID: 65449153988     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2009.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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