Assessing economic liberalization episodes: A synthetic control approach

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 983-1001

  Billmeier, Andreas ^a   Nannicini, Tommaso ^b  

^a Ziff Brothers Investments   (United States)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 84886064110     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00324     Document Type: Article

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