Testing political economy models of reform in the laboratory

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 208-212

  Cason, Timothy N ^a   Mui, Vai Lam ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 2942733467     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803321947065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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