Balkanization and assimilation: Examining the effects of state-created homogeneity

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-164

  Leeson, Peter T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Balkanization; Homogeneity; Institutions; Self enforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347216298     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760600709960     Document Type: Article

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