Parents' discount rates for child quality

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-50

  Agee, Mark D ^a   Crocker, Thomas D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 0030538692     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061301     Document Type: Article

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