Advertising, the matchmaker

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-245

  Anand, Bharat N ^a   Shachar, Ron ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER HERZLIYA   (Israel)

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EID: 79751490066     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: 17562171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2011.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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