The agenda for growth theory: a different point of view

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 497-520

  Nelson, Richard R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FIRMS; INSTITUTION; INSTITUTIONS; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE;

EID: 0031820490     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013731     Document Type: Article

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