On the relationship between economic freedom and economic growth

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-241

  De Haan, Jakob ^a   Sturm, Jan Egbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic freedom; Economic growth; O11; O47; P51; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000432745     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(99)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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