Opinions as incentives

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 815-860

  Che, Yeon Koo ^a,b   Kartik, Navin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INCENTIVE; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

HARNESS;

EID: 72449133848     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648432     Document Type: Article

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