Holding the Hunger Games Hostage at the Gym: An Evaluation of Temptation Bundling

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Management Sciences

• Publication date

  2014-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science, Economics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1287/MNSC.2013.1784PMID 25843979PMCID PMC4381662
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