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Is institutional improvement possible?

Christopher J. BoudreauxDepartment of Economics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Randall G. HolcombeDepartment of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Pages 758-761 | Published online: 08 Aug 2017

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