Democracy and Growth: An Alternative Empirical Approach
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Democracy and growth: An alternative empirical approach
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1015709