On the preferences of principals and agents

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-273

  Castillo, Marco ^a   Petrie, Ragan ^a   Torero, Maximo ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 77952692920     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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