The persistence of poverty in the americas: The role of institutions

Poverty Traps

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 43-78

  Engerman, Stanley L ^a   Sokoloff, Kenneth L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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