Reporting sick: Are sporting events contagious?

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 809-823

  Skogman Thoursie, Peter ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b National Social Insurance Board   (Sweden)

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EID: 10244245454     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.758     Document Type: Article

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