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The J-Curve Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

James Chowning Davies
James Chowning Davies*
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University of Oregon
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American Political Science Review , Volume 72 , Issue 4 , December 1978 , pp. 1357 - 1358
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1978

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