Is Wikipedia biased?

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-348

  Greenstein, Shane ^a   Zhu, Feng ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84863205355     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.3.343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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