The economics of roscas and intrahousehold resource allocation

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 963-995

  Anderson, Siwan ^a   Baland, Jean Marie ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

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EID: 0036704292     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355302760193931     Document Type: Article

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