Why the marriage squeeze cannot cause dowry inflation

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-152

  Anderson, Siwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dowry; Marriage; Population growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049027512     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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