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- Award ID(s):
- 2149315
- PAR ID:
- 10510221
- Publisher / Repository:
- Oxford Academic
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Review of Economic Studies
- ISSN:
- 0034-6527
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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