Pre-colonial ethnic institutions and contemporary African development

Econometrica

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-152

  Michalopoulos, Stelios ^a   Papaioannou, Elias ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Development; Ethnicities; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881613736     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA9613     Document Type: Article

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