Contesting resources - Rent seeking, conflict and the natural resource curse

Public Choice

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 457-476

  Wick, Katharina ^a   Bulte, Erwin H ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33748538386     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-005-9010-z     Document Type: Article

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