Cultural determinants of economic growth: Theory and evidence

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-320

  Dieckmann, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture; Economic growth; Endogenous growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004977984     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10824-005-7320-0     Document Type: Article

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