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Information disclosure and job search: evidence from a social networks experiment

Z. K. DongSchool of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China;Hebert A. Simon and Reinhard Selten Behavioral Decision Making Research Laboratory, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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D. S. HuangSchool of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
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F. F. TangNational School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China
Pages 293-296 | Published online: 26 Nov 2013

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