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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Repression or Civil War?

  • Timothy Besley
  • Torsten Persson
American Economic Review
vol. 99, no. 2, May 2009
(pp. 292–97)
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Citation

Besley, Timothy, and Torsten Persson. 2009. "Repression or Civil War?" American Economic Review, 99 (2): 292–97. DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.292

JEL Classification

  • D74 Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances
  • O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements