Unintended consequences: Does aid promote arms races?

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-27

  Collier, Paul ^a   Hoeffler, Anke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846878255     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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