The private rationality of bottled water drinking

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 450-467

  Viscusi, W Kip ^a   Huber, Joel ^b   Bell, Jason ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84929083984     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/coep.12088     Document Type: Article

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