Sources of Growth Revisited: Evidence from Selected MENA Countries

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 752-771

  Abu Qarn, Aamer S ^a   Abu Bader, Suleiman ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

cointegration; growth accounting; MENA; Middle East; panel data; productivity and factor accumulation

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247137137     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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