On the democratic legacy of colonialism

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 534-551

  Olsson, Ola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Democracy; Development; Imperialist; Mercantilist

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350746173     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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