Capture by threat

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1123-1154

  Dal Bó, Ernesto ^a   Di Tella, Rafael ^b  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLICY MAKING; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 0344552393     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376951     Document Type: Article

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