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Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, The cost of racial animus on a black candidate: Evidence using Google search data, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 118, October 2014, Pages 26-40, ISSN 0047-2727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.04.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272714000929)

Chae DH, Clouston S, Hatzenbuehler ML, Kramer MR, Cooper HLF, et al. (2015) Association between an Internet-Based Measure of Area Racism and Black Mortality. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0122963. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122963

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display the work• License any of the

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LOSING YOUR COPYRIGHT• Copyright can only be transferred (“assigned”) in writing• Licensing allows specific rights to be retained:

• Authors keep copyright and license other rights (e.g., first publication)

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FOUR MAIN MODELSModel Type Journal ExamplesWork Made for Hire Oxford University Press; ASMECopyright Transfer Elsevier Journals (over 2000

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