Bargaining in the shadow of the law: Divorce laws and family distress

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 267-288

  Stevenson, Betsey ^a   Wolfers, Justin ^a  

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EID: 33644863841     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355306776083572     Document Type: Article

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