Letter grading government efficiency

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 277-299

  Chong, Alberto ^a   La Porta, Rafael ^b   Lopez de Silanes, Florencio ^c   Shleifer, Andrei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84896931583     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12076     Document Type: Article

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