Robbing the Riches: Capital Flight, Institutions, and Instability
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WP; capital flight; flight of capital; debt; Institutions; Foreign Aid; debt accumulation; capital flight equation; impact capital flight; capital flight literature; Capital outflows; Foreign direct investment; Domestic savings; Currency crises; Africa; Global;All these keywords.
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