Politics and productivity

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 433-447

  Klein, Peter G ^a   Luu, Hung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Debt Capital Markets   (Germany)

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EID: 0043071592     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbg019     Document Type: Article

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