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The Problem of Prevention

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Benoit, Jean-Pierre
Dubra, Juan

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Paper provided by C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University in its series Working Papers with number 06-01.

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Keywords: prevention ; accidents ; Volunteer's Dilemma; learning; career concerns;

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