Economic information versus quality variation in cross-country data

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 988-1009

  Dawson, John W ^a   DeJuan, Joseph P ^b   Seater, John J ^c   Stephenson, E Frank ^d  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0041399749     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0008-4085.00109     Document Type: Article

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