Height and leadership

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1191-1196

  Lindqvist, Erik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 84879139895     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00239     Document Type: Article

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