Escaping the resource curse and the dutch disease?: When and why Norway caught up with and forged ahead of its neighbors

American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 605-640

  Larsen, Erling Røed ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 33747835884     PISSN: 00029246     EISSN: 15367150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2006.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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