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Using social network analysis, the authors show how mixed economies in two Arctic communities represent a persistent domain as opposed to representing a transitional state toward a market-based economy.

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Burnsilver, S., J. Magdanz, R. Stotts, M. Berman, G. Kofinas. 2016. Are Mixed Economies Persistent or Transitional? Evidence Using Social Networks from Arctic Alaska. American Anthropologist Vol. 000, No. 0, pp. 1-9, ISSN 0002-7294, online ISSN 1548-1433.

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