Race and college admissions: An alternative to affirmative action?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1020-1033

  Long, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 11144315510     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0034653043125211     Document Type: Review

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