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Building Nations Through Shared Experience: Evidence from African Football

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Building Nations Through Shared Experience: Evidence from African Football. / Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio ; Durante, Ruben; Campante, Filipe .
In: The American Economic Review, Vol. 110, No. 5, 01.05.2020, p. 1572-1602.

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Depetris-Chauvin, E, Durante, R & Campante, F 2020, 'Building Nations Through Shared Experience: Evidence from African Football', The American Economic Review, vol. 110, no. 5, pp. 1572-1602. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180805

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Depetris-Chauvin, E., Durante, R., & Campante, F. (2020). Building Nations Through Shared Experience: Evidence from African Football. The American Economic Review, 110(5), 1572-1602. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180805

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Depetris-Chauvin E, Durante R, Campante F. Building Nations Through Shared Experience: Evidence from African Football. The American Economic Review. 2020 May 1;110(5):1572-1602. doi: 10.1257/aer.20180805

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Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio ; Durante, Ruben ; Campante, Filipe . / Building Nations Through Shared Experience : Evidence from African Football. In: The American Economic Review. 2020 ; Vol. 110, No. 5. pp. 1572-1602.

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