Fettered Consumers and Sophisticated Firms: Evidence from Mexico's Privatized Social Security Market
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- D18 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Protection
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- G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
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