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Research Articles

New public management marketizers versus Neo-Weberian state modernizers? Institutional configurations of social impact bond utilization among 18 OECD countries

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Pages 2653-2679 | Received 14 Jan 2023, Accepted 14 Jun 2024, Published online: 04 Jul 2024

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