Extreme Bounds of Democracy

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-197

  Gassebner, Martin ^a,b   Lamla, Michael J ^a   Vreeland, James Raymond ^c  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; dictatorship; political regime; transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874763912     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002712446132     Document Type: Article

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