Racial discrimination in the sharing economy: Evidence from a field experiment

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1-22

  Edelman, Benjamin ^a   Luca, Michael ^a   Svirsky, Dan ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 85017406321     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.20160213     Document Type: Article

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