Governance institutions and economic activity

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-24

  Dixit, Avinash ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67651126536     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.1.5     Document Type: Article

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