Voodoo, Vaccines and Bed Nets
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- Nik Stoop & Marijke Verpoorten & Koen Deconinck, 2019. "Voodoo, Vaccines, and Bed Nets," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 67(3), pages 493-535.
- Nik Stoop & Marijke Verpoorten & Koen Deconinck, 2017. "Voodoo, vaccines and bed nets," Working Papers of LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance 579603, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance.
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