Who is (more) rational?

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1518-1550

  Choi, Syngjoo ^a   Kariv, Shachar ^b   Müller, Wieland ^c   Silverman, Dan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84904419885     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.6.1518     Document Type: Article

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