Transplants and implants: The economics of self-improvement

International Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 597-616

  Burdett, Ken ^a   Coles, Melvyn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346756104     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.00126     Document Type: Article

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