Regulatory quality under imperfect oversight

American Political Science Review

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 605-620

  De Mesquita, Ethan Bueno ^a,c   Stephenson, Matthew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547474230     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055407070359     Document Type: Article

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