Policy burdens, accountability, and the soft budget constraint

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 426-431

  Lin, Justin Yifu ^a,b   Tan, Guofu ^b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0038318557     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.2.426     Document Type: Article

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