Irrational principals

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-167

  Caplan, Bryan ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral political economy; Principal agent problems; Voter irrationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349199629     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11138-009-0073-9     Document Type: Article

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