Giving credit where it is due

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 61-80

  Banerjee, Abhijit V ^a,b,c,d,e   Duflo, Esther ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Jameel Poverty Action Lab   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e BUREAU FOR RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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EID: 77955650091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.24.3.61     Document Type: Article

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