Size really doesn't matter: In search of a national scale effect

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 482-507

  Rose, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big; Country; Cross section; Data; Empirical; International; Panel; Population

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751418692     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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