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Kornai's soft budget constraint and the shortage phenomenon: A criticism and restatement

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Book ID: 104757825
Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1985
Tongue: English
Weight: 1017 KB
Volume: 19
Category: Article
ISSN: 1573-9414
DOI: 10.1007/bf00400016

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