Under performers and over achievers: A quantile regression analysis of growth

Economic Record

Volumn 80, Issue 248, 2004, Pages 17-35

  Barreto, Raul A ^a   Hughes, Anthony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842688808     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2004.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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