Information disclosure policy: Do state data processing efforts help more than the information disclosure itself?

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-182

  Bae, Hyunhoe ^a   Wilcoxen, Peter ^a   Popp, David ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955590275     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20483     Document Type: Article

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