Informal institutions, collective action, and public investment in rural China

American Political Science Review

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 371-391

  Xu, Yiqing ^a   Yao, Yang ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84928533576     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055415000155     Document Type: Article

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