Harmonization and side payments in political cooperation

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 871-889

  Harstad, Bård ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845931194     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.3.871     Document Type: Article

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