The political economy of financial reform: How robust are huang's findings?

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 695-699

  Zandberg, Eelco ^a,b   De Haan, Jakob ^a,c,d   Elhorst, J Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b De Nederlandsche Bank ^*

^c DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

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EID: 84868545218     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2269     Document Type: Article

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