Does Africa grow slower than Asia, Latin America and the Middle East? Evidence from a new data-based classification method

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 553-570

  Paap, Richard ^a   Franses, Philip Hans ^a   van Dijk, Dick ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Latent class models; Panel time series

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 18744377999     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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