What do you think would make you happier? What do you think you would choose?

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2083-2110

  Benjamin, Daniel J ^a,b   Heffetz, Ori ^c   Kimball, Miles S ^d   Rees Jones, Alex ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84866355230     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.5.2083     Document Type: Article

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