Affirmative action in winner-take-all markets

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-280

  Fryer Jr , Roland G ^a   Loury, Glenn C ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Discrimination; Tournaments

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044434109     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-005-9000-x     Document Type: Article

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