Seduction by contract: Law, economics, and psychology in consumer markets

Seduction by Contract: Law, Economics, and Psychology in Consumer Markets

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-296

  Bar Gill, Oren ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer markets; Consumer psychology; Contracts; Fees; Interest rates; Long term costs; Market forces; Perceived benefits; Short term benefits; Tariffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921546652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199663361.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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