How (not) to measure institutions

Journal of Institutional Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-26

  Voigt, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84873806240     PISSN: 17441374     EISSN: 17441382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744137412000148     Document Type: Article

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