The cost of diversity: Endogenous property rights and growth

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 319-337

  Norton, Seth W ^a  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 14944366384     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026567305485     Document Type: Article

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