Collective memory, cultural transmission, and investments

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 534-560

  Dessí, Roberta ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

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EID: 41849125314     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.1.534     Document Type: Article

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