"Wasteful" public spending and state aid control

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 513-522

  Dewatripont, Mathias ^a   Seabright, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Toulouse School of Economics   (France)

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EID: 34948835088     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea.2006.4.2-3.513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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