Resource curse, political entry, and deadweight costs

Economics and Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 471-497

  Tsui, Kevin K ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; ECONOMIC POLICY; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RESOURCE ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 77957240570     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: 14680343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2010.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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