What Can We Learn From A Doubly Randomized Preference Trial?—An Instrumental Variables Perspective

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 418-437

  Wing, Coady ^a   Clark, M H ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84999791343     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.21965     Document Type: Article

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