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Is there a gender difference in accurately predicting the sign of growth in durables spending?

Hamid BaghestaniDepartment of Economics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAECorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 383-386 | Published online: 12 May 2019

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