"Plata o Plomo?": Bribe and punishment in a theory of political influence

American Political Science Review

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-53

  Dal Bó, Ernesto ^a,d   Dal Bó, Pedro ^b   Di Tella, Rafael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33644916381     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055406061995     Document Type: Article

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