Do people value racial diversity? Evidence from Nielsen ratings

Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Aldrich, Eric M ^a   Arcidiacono, Peter S ^b   Vigdor, Jacob L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21244441128     PISSN: 15380653     EISSN: 15380653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1538-0653.1396     Document Type: Review

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