Do oil windfalls improve living standards? Evidence from brazil

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 208-238

  Caselli, Francesco ^a   Michaels, Guy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84873500102     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.5.1.208     Document Type: Article

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