Natural resource endowments and the domestic revenue effort

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-446

  Bornhorst, Fabian ^a   Gupta, Sanjeev ^a   Thornton, John ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic revenue effort; Hydrocarbon revenues

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749096695     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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