Affirmative action in a competitive economy

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 567-594

  Moro, Andrea ^a   Norman, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Asymmetric information; General equilibrium; Human capital; Statistical discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037847567     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00121-9     Document Type: Article

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