How Does Development Assistance Affect Collective Action Capacity? Results from a Field Experiment in Post-Conflict Liberia

American Political Science Review

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 450-469

  Fearon, James D ^a   Humphreys, MacArtan ^b   Weinstein, Jeremy M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Berlin Social Science Center ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84938826127     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055415000283     Document Type: Article

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