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3 - New Developments in the Economics of Prevention

Social Impact Borrowing to Finance Cost-Effective Interventions

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

Moshe Israelashvili
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
John L. Romano
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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Print publication year: 2016

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