Political institutions and foreign debt in the developing world

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-195

  Oatley, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT; DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ERROR CORRECTION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MODELING; POLITICS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 77951180999     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2009.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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