Conflicts and common interests in committees

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1478-1497

  Li, Hao ^a   Rosen, Sherwin ^b   Suen, Wing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0039147891     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.5.1478     Document Type: Article

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