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13 - Economic Impacts of Changes in Wait Times at U.S. Ports of Entry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2017

Ali E. Abbas
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Milind Tambe
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Detlof von Winterfeldt
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
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