Selecting among Acquitted Defendants: Procedural Choice versus Selective Compensation
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Selecting Among Acquitted Defendants :
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0932-4569
DOI: 10.1628/093245616x14465331079614