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Optimally Irrational: The Good Reasons we Behave the Way we Do

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  • Jason Collins, 2024. "Optimally Irrational: The Good Reasons we Behave the Way we Do," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 100(329), pages 271-274, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:100:y:2024:i:329:p:271-274
    DOI: 10.1111/1475-4932.12798
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