Reputation and school competition

American Economic Review

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3471-3488

  MacLeod, W Bentley ^a   Urquiola, Miguel ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84946935334     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: 19447981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20130332     Document Type: Review

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