How is power shared in Africa?

Econometrica

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 465-503

  Francois, Patrick ^a,c   Rainer, Ilia ^b   Trebbi, Francesco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b United States Securities and Exchange Commission   (United States)

^c NBER ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Autocracy; Economic development; Political institutions; Power sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961289913     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA11237     Document Type: Article

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