The colonial roots of land inequality: Geography, factor endowments, or institutions?

Economic History Review

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 418-451

  Frankema, Ewout ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LANDOWNERSHIP; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

MALAYSIA; SIERRA LEONE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77954439238     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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