Causality and feedback between institutional measures and economic growth

Economics and Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-81

  Chong, Alberto ^a   Calderón, César ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 0002315577     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0343.00069     Document Type: Article

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