Unbundling the relationship between authoritarian legislatures and political risk

British Journal of Political Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 655-684

  Jensen, Nathan M ^d   Malesky, Edmund ^d   Weymouth, Stephen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 84902184070     PISSN: 00071234     EISSN: 14692112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007123412000774     Document Type: Article

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