Methodology update: Randomised controlled trials, structural models and the study of politics

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 653-672

  Wantchekon, Leonard ^a   Jenny Guardado, R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLITICS;

EID: 79961185342     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejr029     Document Type: Article

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