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Property Division upon Divorce and Household Decisions

Yuting Huang, Juan Pantano, Han Ye and Junjian Yi
Published online before print April 13, 2021, 0519-10243R3; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.4.0519-10243R3
Yuting Huang
Yuting Huang is a research fellow at the Asia Competitiveness Institute at the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
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Juan Pantano
Juan Pantano is an associate professor of economics at the University of Arizona
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Han Ye
Han Ye is an assistant professor of economics at the Gregory and Paula Chow Center for Economic Research, Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) and School of Economics at Xiamen University
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Junjian Yi
Junjian Yi is an associate professor of economics at the Chinese University of Hong
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