War, peace, and the size of countries

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1333-1354

  Alesina, Alberto ^a,b,c   Spolaore, Enrico ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Income; Peace; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944398522     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.07.013     Document Type: Article

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