The administrative foundations of self-enforcing constitutions

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-109

  De Lara, Yadira González ^a   Greif, Avner ^b   Jha, Saumitra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44949094410     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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