Oil and conflict: What does the cross country evidence really show?

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-80

  Cotet, Anca M ^a   Tsui, Kevin K ^b  

^a JH 621 Stillman School of Business   (United Kingdom)

^b Bowling Green State University   (United States)

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EID: 84872198056     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.5.1.49     Document Type: Article

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