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<p>These slides were delivered at the Lincome College Applied Microeconometrics Conference at the University of Oxford. </p>
Authors

Research Fellow University of Oxford
Hamish is the James Meade Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford, a Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College and a Research Fellow at IFS.

Research Associate University of Bristol
Sarah is a Research Associate at the IFS and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Bristol with interest in applied microeconomics.

Research Fellow University of Michigan
Tom is a Research Fellow at IFS, a Research Professor for the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.
Presentation details
- DOI
- 10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.0252
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
T, Crossley and H, Low and S, Smith. (2010). 'Do consumers gamble to convexify?' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/do-consumers-gamble-convexify-1 (accessed: 24 March 2025).
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