Using cross-country variances to evaluate growth theories

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 1027-1049

  Evans, Paul ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common deterministic trends; Endogenous exogenous growth; Growth theory; Monte Carlo simulation; Unit roots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030162042     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1889(95)00888-8     Document Type: Article

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