Demand Analysis Using Strategic Reports: An Application to a School Choice Mechanism
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Demand Analysis using Strategic Reports: An application to a school choice mechanism∗
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عنوان ژورنال: Econometrica
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0012-9682
DOI: 10.3982/ecta13615