Why don't poor countries catch up? A cross-national test of an institutional explanation

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 590-602

  Keefer, Philip ^a   Knack, Stephen ^b,c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0031533295     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1997.tb02035.x     Document Type: Article

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