Elections, opportunism, partisanship and sovereign ratings in developing countries

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 154-170

  Vaaler, Paul M ^a   Schrage, Burkhard N ^b   Block, Steven A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33646556438     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2005.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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