Ruggedness: The blessing of bad geography in Africa

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-36

  Nunn, Nathan ^a   Puga, Diego ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Social Sciences   (Spain)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84858604124     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00161     Document Type: Article

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