Behavioral economics and the analysis of consumption and choice

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Operant and Classical Conditioning

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 275-305

  Hursh, Steven R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Behavioral economics; Consumer choice; Consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 85148394091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118468135.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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