Field experiments and the political economy of development

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages 367-378

  Humphreys, Macartan ^a   Weinstein, Jeremy M ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental methods; Political institutions; Social order

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049116568     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.12.060107.155922     Document Type: Article

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