Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, Rent Management and Political Fragmentation in Developing Countries

New Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 475-494

  Lockwood, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development; economic reform; energy; political; rent seeking; subsidy; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930039040     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2014.923826     Document Type: Article

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