Representation, voluntary retirement, and shirking in the last term

Public Choice

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 117-130

  Tien, Charles ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0035605854     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005235603078     Document Type: Article

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