Looks unimportant? A demand function for male attractiveness by female personal advertisers

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 381-384

  Cameron, Samuel ^a   Collins, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0012927809     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048599353131     Document Type: Article

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