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21 - Taxes and Consumer Behavior

from Part III - Societal Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2015

Michael I. Norton
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Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Derek D. Rucker
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Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Cait Lamberton
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Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
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