Getting closer or drifting apart?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 971-1009

  Rosenblat, Tanya S ^a   Mobius, Markus M ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4043075578     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0033553041502199     Document Type: Review

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