Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: The Private Uses of Public Interests: Incentives and Institutions

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 3-22

  Stiglitz, Joseph ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 0347809840     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.2.3     Document Type: Article

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