A theory of military dictatorships

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-42

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a,b   Ticchi, Davide ^c   Vindigni, Andrea ^d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IZA   (Germany)

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EID: 85017135460     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.1.1     Document Type: Article

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