The Productivity Consequences of Political Turnover: Firm-Level Evidence from Ukraine's Orange Revolution

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 708-723

  Earle, John S ^a   Gehlbach, Scott ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84933680015     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12170     Document Type: Article

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