Representative Bureaucracy and the Willingness to Coproduce: An Experimental Study

Public Administration Review

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 121-130

  Riccucci, Norma M ^a   Van Ryzin, Gregg G ^a   Li, Huafang ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84930726235     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/puar.12401     Document Type: Article

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