Public goods and ethnic divisions

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1243-1284

  Alesina, Alberto ^a   Baqir, Reza ^a   Easterly, William ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000089763     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355399556269     Document Type: Article

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