Transfers in cash and in-kind: Theory meets the data

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-383

  Currie, Janet ^a   Gahvari, Firouz ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 47249111798     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.46.2.333     Document Type: Article

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