On the Effectiveness of Uniform Subsidies in Increasing Market Consumption

Retsef Levi
Retsef Levi
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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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Georgia Perakis
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Georgia Perakis
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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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Gonzalo Romero
Gonzalo Romero
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Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6, Canada
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Retsef Levi

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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

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Georgia Perakis

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Georgia Perakis

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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

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Gonzalo Romero

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Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6, Canada

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Published Online:2 Mar 2016https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2329

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