Famine Mortality, Rational Political Inactivity, and International Food Aid

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-61

  Plümper, Thomas ^a,b   Neumayer, Eric ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

autocracy; democracy; developing countries; famine; food aid; mortality

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FAMINE; FOOD AID; INTERNATIONAL AID; MORTALITY; POLITICAL THEORY; POPULATION SIZE;

EID: 57049127683     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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