Testing the mechanisms of structural models: The case of the mickey mantle effect

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Fang, Hanming ^a,b   Keane, Michael ^b,c,d   Khwaja, Ahmed ^e   Salm, Martin ^f   Silverman, Dan ^g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEMA ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 34547281775     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.2.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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