Are consumers myopic? Evidence from new and used car purchases

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 220-256

  Busse, Meghan R ^a,b   Knittel, Christopher R ^b,c   Zettelmeyer, Florian ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84873306899     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.1.220     Document Type: Article

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