OrganJet: Overcoming Geographical Disparities in Access to Deceased Donor Kidneys in the United States

Barış Ata
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Barış Ata
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Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Anton Skaro
Anton Skaro
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Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60611
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Sridhar Tayur
Sridhar Tayur
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Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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Barış Ata

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Barış Ata

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Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

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Anton Skaro

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Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60611

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Sridhar Tayur

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Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

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Published Online:19 Jul 2016https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2016.2487

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Received:October 13, 2015
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Published Online:July 19, 2016

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