Why political reservations?

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 668-678

  Duflo, Esther ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77957311766     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea.2005.3.2-3.668     Document Type: Article

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