The old-boy network and the young-gun effect

International Economic Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 871-891

  Taylor, Curtis R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347968360     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.00088     Document Type: Article

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