Decision making and policy in contexts of poverty

The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 281-297

  Mullainathan, Sendhil ^a   Shafir, Eldar ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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