American Economic Association Journals

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You may not, under any circumstance, do any of the following:

Use any part of the electronic resource for a commercial purpose.
Use software such as webcrawlers or other automated means to systematically make copies of extracts of the electronic resource for any purpose.
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Mount, post or distribute any part of the electronic resource on unsecured electronic networks, such as electronic bulletin boards, news groups and web sites. For clarification, posting to e-reserves or to a learning management system (e.g. Connect, Vista, MEDICOL) may be allowed by the license. Check specific license permissions for further information.
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For Libraries

Notes
Is interlibrary loan (ILL) allowed?	Yes	For further inquiries about obtaining an item from this electronic resource, contact UBC Library Interlibrary Loans.
"Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of American Economic Association publications for personal or classroom use is granted without fee, provided that copies are not distributed for profit or direct commercial advantage and that copies show the notice of copyright on the first page or initial screen of a display along with the full citation, including the name of the author. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than AEA must be honored."

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