Empirical Evidence on The Role of Public Warnings on Physicians Drug Prescriptions Behavior∗
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∗The findings and conclusions of this paper are those of the author(s) and do not imply endorsement by any component of Harvard University or other sponsors of this workshop. Comments should be directed to the author(s). †Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ, IDEI), 21 allée de Brienne, 31000 Toulouse FRANCE, email: [email protected] ‡Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA), 21 allée de Brienne, 31000 Toulouse FRANCE, email: [email protected]
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