Private investment and the institutionalization of collective action in autocracies: Ruling parties and legislatures

Journal of Politics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 621-635

  Gehlbach, Scott ^a   Keefer, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 84861029646     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381611001952     Document Type: Article

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