Does competition for capital discipline governments? Decentralization, globalization, and public policy

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 817-830

  Cai, Hongbin ^a   Treisman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 30844444399     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828054201314     Document Type: Review

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