Targeting with agents

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 138-206

  Niehaus, Paul ^a   Atanassova, Antonia ^b   Bertrand, Marianne ^c   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ACNielsen   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873503538     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.5.1.206     Document Type: Article

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