Bones of contention: The political economy of height inequality

American Political Science Review

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-22

  Boix, Carles ^a   Rosenbluth, Frances ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84894489081     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055413000555     Document Type: Article

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