A tear in the iron curtain: The impact of western television on consumption behavior

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-41

  Bursztyn, Leonardo ^a   Cantoni, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84960193481     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00522     Document Type: Article

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