Credibility of rules and economic growth: Evidence from a worldwide survey of the private sector

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-384

  Brunetti, Aymo ^a,b   Kisunko, Gregory ^c   Weder, Beatrice ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INVESTMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 0032436779     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/12.3.353     Document Type: Article

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