The legal environment, banks, and long-run economic growth

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 596-613

  Levine, Ross ^a  

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EID: 0038979542     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2601259     Document Type: Article

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