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Building connections: Political corruption and road construction in India

Working paper 15 Aug 2017 State and Tax

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  • Bidding for roads

Authors

Joseph Shapiro

Associate Professor, University of California - Berkeley

Oliver Vanden Eynde

Visiting Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University
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