Economics and politics of alternative institutional reforms

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1197-1250

  Caselli, Francesco ^a   Gennaioli, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 49449090799     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.3.1197     Document Type: Article

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