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Toward a Unified Understanding of Casualty Distributions in Human Conflict 迈向对人类冲突中伤亡分布的统一认识

PSN: Other Effects of Conflict (Topic) Pub Date : 2019-11-05 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3481393

M. Spagat, Stijn van Weezel, M. Zheng, N. Johnson

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Vote Buying is a Good Sign: Alternate Tactics of Fraud in Africa 1986-2012 贿选是一个好兆头:1986-2012年非洲舞弊的替代策略

PSN: Other Effects of Conflict (Topic) Pub Date : 2015-04-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2613854

Carolien van Ham, S. Lindberg

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