The unequal effects of liberalization: Evidence from dismantling the license raj in India

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1397-1412

  Aghion, Philippe ^a   Burgess, Robin ^b   Redding, Stephen J ^b   Zilibotti, Fabrizio ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 51349130268     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.4.1397     Document Type: Article

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