Categorize then choose: Boundedly rational choice and welfare

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1141-1165

  Manzini, Paola ^a   Mariotti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84865996266     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2012.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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