Are Regulators Rational?

Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Tasic, Slavisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Bias; Rationality; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864400077     PISSN: 11456396     EISSN: 21531552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1145-6396.1248     Document Type: Article

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