Understanding the soft budget constraint

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1095-1136

  Kornai, János ^a   Maskin, Eric ^b   Roland, Gérard ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 2542498218     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.41.4.1095     Document Type: Review

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