Finance and growth: A critical survey

Economic Record

Volumn 82, Issue 259, 2006, Pages 481-490

  Trew, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCE; GROWTH THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33750088978     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2006.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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