Taste-based discrimination evidence from a shift in ethnic preferences after WWI

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-188

  Moser, Petra ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; NYSE; Preferences; World War I

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859009690     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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