Understanding underdevelopment: Challenges for institutional economics from the point of view of poor countries

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 214-235

  Bardhan, Pranab K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034146936     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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