Method in the madness? A political-economy analysis of the ethnic conflicts in less developed countries

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1381-1398

  Bardhan, Pranab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Credible commitment; Institutional failure; Rent sharing

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ETHNIC CONFLICT; INSTITUTIONAL FAILURE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 0031404861     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)00052-1     Document Type: Article

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