Economic development and democracy

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2006, Pages 503-527

  Robinson, James A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Endogeneity; Identification; Political institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745778490     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.9.092704.171256     Document Type: Review

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