Climate and the slave trade

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-32

  Fenske, James ^a   Kala, Namrata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate; Slave trade

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EXPORT; LOW TEMPERATURE; SLAVERY; TRAFFICKING;

ANGOLA; BENGUELA; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84910029842     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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