The money pump as a measure of revealed preference violations

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1201-1223

  Echenique, Federico ^a   Lee, Sangmok ^a   Shum, Matthew ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PANEL DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863272970     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665011     Document Type: Article

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