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The Logic of Causal Inference: Econometrics and the Conditional Analysis of Causation

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Kevin D. Hoover
Kevin D. Hoover
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University of California, Davis
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Discontented people might talk of corruption in the Commons, closeness in the Commons and the necessity of reforming the Commons, said Mr. Spenlow solemnly, in conclusion; but when the price of wheat per bushel had been the highest, the Commons had been the busiest; and a man might lay his hand upon his heart, and say this to the whole world, – ‘Touch the Commons, and down comes the country!’

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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , October 1990 , pp. 207 - 234
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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