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Politics, Institutions, and Public-Sector Spending in the Argentine Provinces

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  • Pablo Sanguinetti
  • Mariano Tommasi

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  • Mark P. Jones & Pablo Sanguinetti & Mariano Tommasi, 1999. "Politics, Institutions, and Public-Sector Spending in the Argentine Provinces," NBER Chapters, in: Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance, pages 135-150, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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