Superstar extinction

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 549-589

  Azoulay, Pierre ^a   Zivin, Joshua S Graff ^b   Wang, Jialan ^c  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77951968528     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2010.125.2.549     Document Type: Article

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