Growth regressions and what the textbooks don't tell you

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 181-205

  Temple, Jonathan ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000027433     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8586.00103     Document Type: Article

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