Rosca Participation in Benin: A Commitment Issue

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-252

  Dagnelie, Olivier ^a   Lemay Boucher, Philippe ^b  

^a Barcelona)   (Spain)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856804741     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2011.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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