Ethnic discrimination: Lessons from the Israeli online market for used cars

Economic Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 572, 2013, Pages

  Zussman, Asaf ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; ETHNIC GROUP; INTERNET; MARKET; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84888307640     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12059     Document Type: Article

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