Oil for what? - Illicit Iraqi oil contracts and the U.N. security council

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 193-206

  Heaton, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33645807821     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/089533005775196741     Document Type: Review

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