Can institutions or education explain world poverty? An augmented Solow model provides some insights

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-69

  Breton, Theodore R ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Economic growth; Governance; Human capital; Solow model

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542399968     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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