Searching for peer group effects: A test of the contagion hypothesis

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 442-458

  Argys, Laura M ^a   Rees, Daniel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 46949106020     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.90.3.442     Document Type: Article

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