Empirical evaluation of bureaucratic models of inefficiency

Public Choice

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-18

  Duncombe, William ^a   Miner, Jerry ^a   Ruggiero, John ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

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EID: 0031498040     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017910714756     Document Type: Article

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