Social and institutional factors as determinants of economic growth: Evidence from the United States counties

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-155

  Rupasingha, Anil ^a   Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Freshwater, David ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Ethnic diversity; Income inequality; Social capital; U.S. Counties

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ETHNICITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 1642430387     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101100100091     Document Type: Article

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