Market-oriented institutions and policies and economic growth: A critical survey

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-191

  De Haan, Jakob ^a,b   Lundström, Susanna ^c   Sturm, Jan Egbert ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Economic freedom; Economic growth; Liberalization

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; INDEX METHOD; LIBERALIZATION;

EID: 33645290753     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0950-0804.2006.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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