Do television and radio destroy social capital? Evidence from indonesian villages

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-33

  Olken, Benjamin A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77952933877     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.1.4.1     Document Type: Article

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