Libertarian paternalism, information production, and financial decision making

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2204-2228

  Carlin, Bruce Ian ^a   Gervais, Simon ^b   Manso, Gustavo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84883001073     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hht025     Document Type: Article

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