Your cheatin' heart: Joint production, joint consumption and the likelihood of extramarital sex

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 272-275

  Brooks, Taggert J ^a   Monaco, Kristen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affairs; Economics of the family; Extramarital sex; Marriage

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; MARRIAGE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84868113154     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.690845     Document Type: Article

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