On the observational implications of taste-based discrimination in racial profiling

@article{Brock2012OnTO,
  title={On the observational implications of taste-based discrimination in racial profiling},
  author={William A. Buz Brock and Jane Cooley and Steven Durlauf and Salvador Navarro},
  journal={Journal of Econometrics},
  year={2012},
  volume={166},
  pages={66-78}
}
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