Data watch: Tort-uring the data

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-220

  Heiland, Eric ^a   Klick, Jonathan ^b   Tabarrok, Alexander ^c  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22144439772     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0895330054048669     Document Type: Article

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