The natural resource curse and economic transition

Economic Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-461

  Alexeev, Michael ^a   Conrad, Robert ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic transition; Institutional quality; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155131279     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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