The economic history of the American economic review: A century's explosion of economics research

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-35

  Margo, Robert A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952121623     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.1.9     Document Type: Article

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