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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: Public Assistance, Monetary Sanctions, and Financial Double-Dealing in America

Bryan L. Sykes, Meghan Ballard, Andrea Giuffre, Rebecca Goodsell, Daniela Kaiser, Vicente Celestino Mata, Justin Sola
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences January 2022, 8 (1) 148-178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.1.07

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Bryan L. Sykes, Meghan Ballard, Andrea Giuffre, Rebecca Goodsell, Daniela Kaiser, Vicente Celestino Mata, Justin Sola
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Jan 2022, 8 (1) 148-178; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.1.07
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