Democracies pay higher wages

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 707-738

  Rodrik, Dani ^a  

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EID: 0001504224     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355399556115     Document Type: Article

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