Exploring the (behavioural) political economy of nudging

Journal of Institutional Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 499-522

  Schubert, Christian ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 85010888612     PISSN: 17441374     EISSN: 17441382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744137416000448     Document Type: Review

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