Why resource-poor dictators allow freer media: A theory and evidence from panel data

American Political Science Review

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 645-668

  Egorov, Georgy ^a   Guriev, Sergei ^b,c   Sonin, Konstantin ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73949143320     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055409990219     Document Type: Article

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