Religion, politics, and development: Lessons from the lands of Islam

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-351

  Platteau, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Christianity; Culture; Islam; Middle East; Political economics; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349176899     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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