Organization and inequality in a knowledge economy

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1383-1435

  Garicano, Luis ^a   Rossi Hansberg, Esteban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33845351103     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.121.4.1383     Document Type: Article

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