The Spanish Empire and its legacy: fiscal redistribution and political conflict in colonial and post-colonial Spanish America
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- Grafe, Regina & Irigoin, Alejandra, 2006. "The Spanish Empire and its legacy: fiscal re-distribution and political conflict in colonial and post-colonial Spanish America," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 22467, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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