Constitutional choice and prosperity: A factor analysis

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-279

  Leschke, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constitutions; Cross country analysis; Growth; Institutions; Prosperity

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043136254     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009009007451     Document Type: Article

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