Institutions and geography as sources of economic development

Journal of International Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-378

  Presbitero, Andrea F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY;

EID: 33646184107     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1225     Document Type: Article

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