Self-enforcing voting in international organizations

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1137-1158

  Maggi, Giovanni ^a   Morelli, Massimo ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847651030     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.4.1137     Document Type: Article

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