Consumer protection and contingent charges

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 477-493

  Armstrong, Mark ^a   Vickers, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84862981848     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.50.2.477     Document Type: Article

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