A field study on matching with network externalities

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1773-1804

  Baccara, Mariagiovanna ^a   Imrohoroǧlu, Ayşe ^b   Wilson, Alistair J ^c   Yariv, Leeat ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84866358611     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.5.1773     Document Type: Article

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