Behavioral decisions and policy

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 560-580

  Dalton, Patricio S ^a   Ghosal, Sayantan ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microeconomic behaviour; Underlying principles; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; MICROECONOMICS; MODEL; PHILOSOPHY; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 82455219003     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: 16127501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifr015     Document Type: Article

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