When Incentives Matter Too Much: Explaining Significant Responses to Irrelevant Information
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- Thomas Ahn & Jacob L. Vigdor, 2014. "When Incentives Matter Too Much: Explaining Significant Responses to Irrelevant Information," NBER Working Papers 20321, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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