An Essay on the Muslim Gap: Religiosity and the Political System

The Political Economy of Theocracy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 213-242

  Paldam, Martin ^a,b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

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EID: 67651181756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230620063     Document Type: Chapter

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