Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development
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Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development Author(s): Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson Source: The American Economic Review, Vol. 90, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the One Hundred Twelfth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association (May, 2000), pp. 126130 Published by: American Economic Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/117205 Accessed: 22/07/2010 16:03
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