Economic integration and political disintegration

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1276-1296

  Alesina, Alberto ^a   Spolaore, Enrico ^b   Wacziarg, Romain ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000385258     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.5.1276     Document Type: Article

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