Does transparency pay?

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 183-209

  Glennerster, Rachel ^a   Shin, Yongseok ^a  

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EID: 41449096613     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.imfsp.9450028     Document Type: Article

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