Knowing The Right Person In The Right Place: Political Connections And Resistance To Change
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- Giovanni Prarolo & Carlotta Berti Ceroni & Giorgio Bellettini, 2012. "Knowing the right person in the right place: political connections and resistance to change," 2012 Meeting Papers 976, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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