"Dysfunctional identities" can be rational

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 104-111

  Fang, Hanming ^a   Loury, Glenn C ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 33747387666     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282805774669998     Document Type: Article

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