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Examination of targeting methods in a simplified setting

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|Jan 2000

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Language: English
Page range: 391 - 411
Submitted on: Mar 15, 1999
Accepted on: Jan 10, 2000
Published on: Jan 1, 2000
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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