The paternalist meets his match

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-108

  Lusk, Jayson L ^a   Marette, Stephan ^b   Norwood, F Bailey ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Experiment; Food; Health; Paternalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894081792     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppt031     Document Type: Article

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