Abducting economics

American Economic Review

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 298-302

  Heckman, James J ^a   Singer, Burton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ECONOMIST; HUMAN; LEARNING;

EID: 85019538756     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20171118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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