Betting on Hitler - The value of political connections in Nazi Germany

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-137

  Ferguson, Thomas ^a   Voth, Hans Joachim ^a  

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EID: 42149113416     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.1.101     Document Type: Article

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