Constitutions and crisis

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-357

  Coyne, Christopher J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitution; Crisis; Political economy; Productive state; Protective state; Rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053982513     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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