Cursed by resources or institutions?

World Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1117-1131

  Mehlum, Halvor ^a,c   Moene, Karl ^a,c   Torvik, Ragnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NATURAL RESOURCE;

EID: 33746058269     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2006.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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