That's news to me! information revelation in professional certification markets

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-122

  Zhe Jin, Ginger ^a   Kato, Andrew ^b   List, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 77649143670     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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