Preferences for truthfulness: Heterogeneity among and within individuals

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 532-548

  Gibson, Rajna ^a,b   Tanner, Carmen ^c   Wagner, Alexander F ^a,c  

^a SWISS FINANCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI)   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84873300778     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.1.532     Document Type: Article

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