Estimating the value of proposal power

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1639-1652

  Knight, Brian ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645742058     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282805775014290     Document Type: Review

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