When do experts cheat and whom do they target?

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-130

  Fong, Yuk Fai ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21644439753     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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