It's the market: The broad-based rise in the return to top talent

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 35-56

  Kaplan, Steven N ^a   Rauh, Joshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84885985591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.27.3.35     Document Type: Review

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