God Politics

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God Politics. / Bentzen, Jeanet Sinding; Sperling, Lena.

2020.

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Bentzen, JS & Sperling, L 2020 'God Politics'. <https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14380#>

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Bentzen, J. S., & Sperling, L. (2020). God Politics. CEPR Discussion Paper Series Nr. DP14380 https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14380#

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Bentzen JS, Sperling L. God Politics. 2020 feb.

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Bentzen, Jeanet Sinding ; Sperling, Lena. / God Politics. 2020. (CEPR Discussion Paper Series ; Nr. DP14380).

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