Do elites benefit from democracy and foreign aid in developing countries?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-124

  Bjørnskov, Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Democracy; Foreign aid; Inequality

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELITE POLITICS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL AID;

EID: 77951620308     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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