Order with law: Social capital, civil litigation, and economic development

Australian Economic History Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 172-190

  Khan, B Zorina ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 4544388768     PISSN: 00048992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8446.00048     Document Type: Article

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