Foreign aid and policy concessions

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-284

  De Mesquita, Bruce Bueno ^a   Smith, Alastair ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign aid; Policy concessions; Political economy; USAID

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047161109     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002706297696     Document Type: Article

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