Putting Public Policy Defaults to the Test: The Case of Organ Donor Registration

International Public Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 246-264

  Moseley, Alice ^a   Stoker, Gerry ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84931411051     PISSN: 10967494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10967494.2015.1012574     Document Type: Article

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