Less is More Expensive: The Cognitive Cost of Bulk Buying and the Effect of Regulating the Display of Unit Prices
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Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2023-07-24 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-NEU-2023-07-24 (Neuroeconomics)
- NEP-REG-2023-07-24 (Regulation)
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