When will a dictator be good?

Economic Theory

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-366

  Shen, Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dictatorship; Economic growth; Political transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847305560     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-006-0110-x     Document Type: Article

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