Economic Development Assumptions and the Elusive Curse of Oil

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 760-771

  Kennedy, Ryan ^a   Tiede, Lydia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MODERNIZATION; POLITICAL CONFLICT;

EID: 84890235956     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12065     Document Type: Article

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