Political variables in cross-country growth analysis

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-190

  Brunetti, Aymo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross country regression analysis; Growth empirics; Political variables

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POLITICAL VARIABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031455794     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6419.00029     Document Type: Article

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