Do natural resources fuel authoritarianism? A reappraisal of the resource curse

American Political Science Review

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-26

  Haber, Stephen ^a   Menaldo, Victor ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 78951490108     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055410000584     Document Type: Article

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