Heroes and Cowards

Costa, Dora L; Kahn, Matthew E

Heroes and Cowards

Dora L. Costa, Matthew E. Kahn

Chapter in NBER book Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War (2008), Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn
Published in February 2008 by Princeton University Press
in NBER Book Series Long-Term Factors in Economic Development

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