Social distance and social decisions

Econometrica

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1005-1027

  Akerlof, George A ^a  

^a Fisher Schultz Lecture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Education; Fertility; Social class; Social interaction; Urban economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000553727     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2171877     Document Type: Article

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