Determinants of asset ownership: A study of the carpentry trade

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-58

  Simester, Duncan I ^a   Wernerfelt, Birger ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 15944397996     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0034653053327702     Document Type: Article

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