Local discouragement and global collapse: A theory of coordination avalanches

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 208-224

  Jeitschko, Thomas D ^a   Taylor, Curtis R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040374312     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.1.208     Document Type: Article

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