A Theory of Rational Addiction

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• Publication year

  1988

• Venue

  Journal of Political Economy

• Publication date

  1988-08-01

• Fields of study

  Economics, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1086/261558
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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