Assessing the Performance of Performance Standards in Public Bureaucracies

American Economic Review

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 389-395

  Heckman, James ^a   Heinrich, Carolyn ^b   Smith, Jeffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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