The welfare effects of misperceived product costs: Data and calibrations from the automobile market

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 30-66

  Allcott, Hunt ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84882266063     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.5.3.30     Document Type: Article

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