The logic of child soldiering and coercion

International Organization

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-104

  Beber, Bernd ^a   Blattman, Christopher ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84872567343     PISSN: 00208183     EISSN: 15315088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020818312000409     Document Type: Article

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