Why are ethnically divided countries poor?

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Bridgman, Benjamin ^a  

^a Bureau of Economic Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil war; Economic growth; Ethnic divisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949148738     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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