The logic of political violence

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1411-1445

  Besley, Timothy ^a,b,c   Persson, Torsten ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; POWER RELATIONS; WAGE;

EID: 80052714082     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjr025     Document Type: Article

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