Economics: Private and Public Choice (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305506725
Author: James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter ST8, Problem 5CQ
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Influence of earnings in dangerous working condition of men.
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