Does the leader's ethnicity matter? Ethnic favoritism, education, and health in Sub-Saharan Africa

American Political Science Review

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 294-325

  Franck, Raphaël ^a   Rainer, Ilia ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b George MasonUniversity ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84861859236     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055412000172     Document Type: Review

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