Natural experiments in the social sciences: A design-based approach

Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences: A Design-Based Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-358

  Dunning, Thad ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139084444     Document Type: Book

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