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Maestas, Nicole, Julie Zissimopoulos, Susann Rohwedder, Linda G. Martin, Beau Kilmer, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Stijn Hoorens, Brian M. Stecher, Georges Vernez, Paul S. Steinberg, James A. Thomson, John P. Godges, Gordon T. Lee, Sydne J. Newberry, and Shelley H. Wiseman, RAND Review: Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer 2010. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2010. https://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2010-08.html.
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