Rent preservation and the persistence of underdevelopment

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 178-218

  Rajan, Raghuram G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85017171342     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.1.1.178     Document Type: Article

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