Extramarital affairs, marital satisfaction, and divorce: Evidence from Hong Kong

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 442-452

  Fan, C Simon ^a   Lui, Hon Kwong ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 7544245581     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byh033     Document Type: Review

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