The Islamic commercial crisis: Institutional roots of economic underdevelopment in the Middle East

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 414-446

  Kuran, Timur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; ISLAMISM; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; UNDERDEVELOPMENT;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0042521261     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050703001840     Document Type: Article

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