The superiority of economists

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-114

  Fourcade, Marion ^a,b   Ollion, Etienne ^c   Algan, Yann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 84922440150     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: 19447965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.29.1.89     Document Type: Article

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