A Political Justification of Nudging

Review of Philosophy and Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 385-395

  Guala, Francesco ^a   Mittone, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

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EID: 84938890228     PISSN: 18785158     EISSN: 18785166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13164-015-0241-8     Document Type: Article

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