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Bates, Robert H.:

2012

Title: Income and Democracy : Lipset's Law Revisited

Author: Hoeffler, Anke ; Bates, Robert H. ; Fayad, Ghada

Series: Working Paper No. 12/295

Date: December 17, 2012

Subject: Africa Development Economic models Income Political economy

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