Evolutionary growth theory and forms of realism

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-63

  Northover, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032897667     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/23.1.33     Document Type: Article

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