Using principal components to produce an economic and social development index: An application to Latin America and the U.S.

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 311-329

  Cahill, Miles B ^a   Sánchez, Nicolás ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

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EID: 0011743332     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02300552     Document Type: Article

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