Investment, property rights and political instability: theory and evidence

European Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1317-1341

  Svensson, Jakob ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT BEHAVIOUR; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; PRIVATE INVESTMENT; PROPERTY RIGHTS; THEORY;

EID: 0032122409     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(97)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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