More is not always better: Intuitions about effective public policy can lead to unintended consequences

Social Issues and Policy Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-148

  Peters, Ellen ^a   Klein, William ^b   Kaufman, Annette ^b   Meilleur, Louise ^a   Dixon, Anna ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c The King's Fund ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84872139385     PISSN: 17512395     EISSN: 17512409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2409.2012.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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