The primacy of institutions reconsidered: Direct income effects of malaria prevalence

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-339

  Carstensen, Kai ^a   Gundlach, Erich ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MALARIA;

EID: 33749610503     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhl001     Document Type: Article

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