Principles Of Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781260111088
Author: Robert H. Frank, Ben Bernanke, Kate Antonovics, Ori Heffetz
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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How the increase in federal employees’ pay affects the rent of apartments located far away from Washington Metro stations.
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