Resource rents, democracy, corruption and conflict: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 552-569

  Arezki, Rabah ^a   Gylfason, Thorvaldur ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CORRUPTION; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ELITE POLITICS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RENTAL SECTOR;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84881537564     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejs036     Document Type: Article

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