Oil price shocks, income, and democracy

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-399

  Brückner, Markus ^a   Ciccone, Antonio ^b   Tesei, Andrea ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BARCELONA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 84868611361     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00201     Document Type: Article

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