Economic rights and government in developing countries: Cross-national evidence on growth and development

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 29-44

  Goldsmith, Arthur A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC FREEDOM; ECONOMIC RIGHTS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0031398787     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02687323     Document Type: Article

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