Natural resources and economic growth: The role of investment

World Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1091-1115

  Gylfason, Thorvaldur ^a   Zoega, Gylfi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INVESTMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE;

EID: 33746095806     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2006.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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