Are political freedoms converging?

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 323-340

  Nieswiadomy, Michael L ^a   Strazicich, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 2442483733     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbh064     Document Type: Article

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