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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 23-44Publisher
AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC
DOI: 10.1257/jep.27.1.23
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- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences [0921849] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- SBE Off Of Multidisciplinary Activities
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1151180] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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