US food aid and civil conflict

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1630-1666

  Nunn, Nathan ^a   Qian, Nancy ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84904440532     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.6.1630     Document Type: Article

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