The origins of ethnolinguistic diversity

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1508-1539

  Michalopoulos, Stelios ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861434797     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.4.1508     Document Type: Review

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