The law of the few

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1468-1492

  Galeotti, Andrea ^a   Goyal, Sanjeev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRIST S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956979968     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.4.1468     Document Type: Article

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