On the Economics of Mass Demonstrations: A Case Study of the November 1969 March on Washington.
This article examines the economics of mass demonstrations, focusing on the November 15, 1969 Mobilization to End the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C. It suggests a better way of assessing the intensity of feeling or willingness to pay, in the case of political demonstrations than is possible by exam...
| Publicado en: | American Economic Review Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 719 - 725 |
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| Formato: | Case Study |
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Sep71
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