Behaviorally informed regulation

The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 440-461

  Barr, Michael S ^a   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^b   Shafir, Eldar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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