Did political constraints bind during transition? Evidence from Czech elections, 1990?2002
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عنوان ژورنال: The Economics of Transition
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0967-0750,1468-0351
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2007.00293.x