Freakonomics: What went wrong?

American Scientist

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-9

  Gelman, Andrew ^a   Fung, Kaiser ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Sirius XM Radio ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INFANTICIDE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA;

EID: 84859570144     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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