Testing paternalism: Cash versus in-kind transfers

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 195-230

  Cunha, Jesse M ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84898748688     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.6.2.195     Document Type: Article

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