Government transfers and political support

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1-28

  Manacorda, Marco ^a,b   Miguel, Edward ^c,d   Vigorito, Andrea ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

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EID: 79960797599     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.3.3.1     Document Type: Article

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