The economics of spam

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 87-110

  Rao, Justin M ^a,c   Reiley, David H ^b,c  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GOOGLE INC   (United States)

^c YAHOO RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84867835031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.26.3.87     Document Type: Article

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