Coming into money: The impact of foreign aid on leader survival

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-87

  Licht, Amanda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic politics; Foreign aid; Foreign policy; Political survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049113331     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002709351104     Document Type: Article

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