Neural activity reveals preferences without choices

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1-36

  Smith, Alec ^a   Douglas Bernheim, B ^b,c   Camerer, Colin F ^a   Rangel, Antonio ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84900388365     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.6.2.1     Document Type: Article

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