Network effects and welfare cultures

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1019-1055

  Bertrand, Marianne ^a,b   Luttmer, Erzo F P ^c,d   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^b,e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0009321539     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355300554971     Document Type: Article

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