Sassywood

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 608-620

  Leeson, Peter T ^a   Coyne, Christopher J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liberia; Ordeals; Sassywood; Superstition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867887902     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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