The economic analysis of social customs: The case of pre-marital sex

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 457-473

  Cameron, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Customs; Equilibria; Estimation; Sex and marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540538     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00003868     Document Type: Article

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