Islamic Rule and the Empowerment of the Poor and Pious

Econometrica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 229-269

  Meyersson, Erik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Political Islam; Regression discontinuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893447631     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA9878     Document Type: Article

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