When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct
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- Egan, Mark L. & Matvos, Gregor & Seru, Amit, 2017. "When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct," Working Papers 260, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State.
- Mark L. Egan & Gregor Matvos & Amit Seru, 2017. "When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct," NBER Working Papers 23242, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Egan, Mark L. & Matvos, Gregor & Seru, Amit, 2017. "When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct," Research Papers 3510, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
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- D18 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Protection
- G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
- G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
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