Do consumers really follow a rule of thumb? Three thousand estimates from 144 studies say “probably not”
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عنوان ژورنال: Review of Economic Dynamics
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1094-2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2019.05.004