Crowdsourcing city government: Using tournaments to improve inspection accuracy

American Economic Review

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 114-118

  Glaeser, Edward L ^a   Hillis, Andrew ^b   Kominers, Scott Duke ^b   Luca, Michael ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84978730705     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20161027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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