Origins and persistence of economic inequality

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2010, Pages 489-516

  Boix, Carles ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Development; Institutions; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952934030     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.12.031607.094915     Document Type: Article

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