Free distribution or cost-sharing? Evidence from a randomized malaria prevention experiment

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-45

  Jessica, Cohen ^a   Dupas, Pascaline ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 76049107638     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2010.125.1.1     Document Type: Article

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