Rents, competition, and corruption

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 982-993

  Ades, Alberto ^a   Di Tella, Rafael ^b  

^a Goldman Sachs Group   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000472842     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.4.982     Document Type: Article

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