Rational dictators and the killing of innocents: Data from Stalin's archives

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-42

  Gregory, Paul R ^a   Schröder, Philipp J H ^b   Sonin, Konstantin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dictatorial systems; NKVD; OPGU.; Soviet State and Party archives; Stalinism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951725642     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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