The political resource curse

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1759-1796

  Brollo, Fernanda ^a   Nannicini, Tommaso ^b   Perotti, Roberto ^b   Tabellini, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 84882358804     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.5.1759     Document Type: Article

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