Constrained by the bank and the ballot: Unearned revenue, democracy, and state incentives to repress

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-119

  Conrad, Courtenay R ^a   DeMeritt, Jacqueline H R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

democracy; human rights; natural resources; repression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873471892     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343312454556     Document Type: Article

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