Active and passive waste in government spending: Evidence from a policy experiment

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1278-1308

  Bandiera, Oriana ^a   Prat, Andrea ^a   Valletti, Tommaso ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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EID: 74949113624     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.4.1278     Document Type: Article

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