Endogenous Growth: Estimating the Romer Model for the US and Germany

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-164

  Gong, Gang ^a,b   Greiner, Alfred ^b   Semmler, Willi ^c  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 2442551874     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-9049.2003.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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