Institutional enforcement, labor-market rigidities, and economic performance

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-49

  Calderon, Cesar ^a   Chong, Alberto ^b   Leon, Gianmarco ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Enforcement; GMM IV; Growth; Institutions; Labor rigidities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847189962     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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