Wealth breeds decline: Reversals of leadership and consumption habits

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-449

  Artige, Lionel ^a   Camacho, Carmen ^b   de la Croix, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capital mobility; Consumption habits; Over taking; Regional primacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044225726     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-004-4542-5     Document Type: Article

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