Diamonds are forever, Wars are not: Is conflict bad for private firms?

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1978-1993

  Guidolin, Massimo ^a,b   La Ferrara, Eliana ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d IGIER ^*

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EID: 38049100303     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.5.1978     Document Type: Article

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