Persistent antimarket culture: A legacy of the pale of settlement after the holocaust

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 189-226

  Grosfeld, Irena ^a   Rodnyansky, Alexander ^b   Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina ^c,d  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^d NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84882287494     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.5.3.189     Document Type: Article

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