WORKING PAPER SERIES BETTER LATE THAN NOTHING : SOME COMMENTS ON DEATON ( 2009 ) AND HECKMAN AND URZUA

By Guido W. Imbens, Josh Angrist, Susan Athey, Abhijit Banerjee, David Card, Gary Chamberlain, Esther Duflo, Keisuke Hirano, Geert Ridder, Chuck Manski

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