Peer effects with random assignment: Results for Dartmouth roommates

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 681-704

  Sacerdote, Bruce ^a  

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EID: 0005508977     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00335530151144131     Document Type: Article

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