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. 2015 May;105(5):491-495.
doi: 10.1257/aer.p20151023.

Prediction Policy Problems

Jon Kleinberg  1 , Jens Ludwig  2 , Sendhil Mullainathan  3 , Ziad Obermeyer  4
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Prediction Policy Problems

Jon Kleinberg et al. Am Econ Rev. 2015 May.
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