Promoting healthy choices: Information versus convenience

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-178

  Wisdom, Jessica ^a   Downs, Julie S ^a   Loewenstein, George ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79957867968     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.2.2.164     Document Type: Article

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