Fractionalization

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-194

  Alesina, Alberto ^a   Devleeschauwer, Arnaud ^a   Easterly, William ^b   Kurlat, Sergio ^c   Wacziarg, Romain ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic heterogeneity; Government quality; Growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542572413     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024471506938     Document Type: Article

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