Interest groups, economic competition, and endogenous public policy

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 342-361

  Lai, Yu Bong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0041410262     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/0932456032974817     Document Type: Article

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