Fixing market failures or fixing elections? Agricultural credit in India

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 219-250

  Cole, Shawn ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 66149093457     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.1.1.219     Document Type: Article

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