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Heeding the call: seminary enrollment and the business cycle

D. R. Hughes Research Department, American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Drive, Reston, VA, 20191, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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D. T. Mitchell Department of Economics and Finance, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 36688, USA
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D. P. Molinari Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Cost & Economics), Arlington, VA, 22209, USA
Pages 433-437 | Published online: 15 Sep 2010

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