War Size Distribution: Empirical Regularities Behind Conflicts
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War size distribution: Empirical regularities behind conflicts
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Defence and Peace Economics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1024-2694,1476-8267
DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2015.1025486