Votes and violence: Evidence from a field experiment in Nigeria

Economic Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 574, 2014, Pages

  Collier, Paul ^a,b   Vicente, Pedro C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

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EID: 84894379286     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12109     Document Type: Article

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