Sweetening the deal? Political connections and sugar mills in India

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 43-63

  Sukhtankar, Sandip ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

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EID: 84866779338     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.4.3.43     Document Type: Article

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