The Economics of Autocracy and Majority Rule: The Invisible Hand and the Use of Force

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-96

  Mcguire, Martin C ^a   Olson Jr , Mancur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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