Discrete polarisation with an application to the determinants of genocides

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 533, 2008, Pages 1835-1865

  Montalvo, Jose G ^a   Reynal Querol, Marta ^a  

^a BARCELONA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GENOCIDE; HETEROGENEITY; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 54049130468     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02193.x     Document Type: Article

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