On thugs and heroes: Why warlords victimize their own civilians

Economics of Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-73

  Azam, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Looting; Violence; Warlords

Indexed keywords

EID: 28144451927     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-004-0090-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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