(Ineffective) Messages to Encourage Recycling: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Peru
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- Chong, Alberto & Karlan, Dean & Shapiro, Jeremy & Zinman, Jonathan, 2013. "(Ineffective) messages to encourage recycling : evidence from a randomized evaluation in Peru," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6548, The World Bank.
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