Institutions, factor prices, and taxation: Virtues of strong states?

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-119

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77956098431     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.2.115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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