Can the two new aid-growth models be replicated?

Public Choice

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 147-175

  Jensen, Peter Sandholt ^a   Paldam, Martin ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 33646728445     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-0865-4     Document Type: Article

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