Voter Response to Peak and End Transfers: Evidence from a Conditional Cash Transfer Experiment
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عنوان ژورنال: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1945-7731,1945-774X
DOI: 10.1257/pol.20170448