Poor but rational?

Understanding Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Duflo, Esther ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural investment; Behavior; Insurance; Neoclassical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919600592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0195305191.003.0024     Document Type: Chapter

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