Clusters of attributes and well-being in the USA

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 445-460

  Hirschberg, Joseph G ^a   Maasoumi, Esfandiar ^b   Slottje, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035628797     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.605     Document Type: Article

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