Can't buy me love? A field experiment exploring the trade-off between income and caste-status in an indian matrimonial market

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 534-550

  Dugar, Subhasish ^a   Bhattacharya, Haimanti ^b   Reiley, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c YAHOO RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84859700642     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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