Are factor endowments fate?

Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-82

  Nugent, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Robinson, James A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University Park Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

desarrollo; desigualdad; Economa poltica; organizaciones; Palabras claveinstituciones

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954517227     PISSN: 02126109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0212610909990048     Document Type: Article

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