Do institutions cause growth?

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-303

  Glaeser, Edward L ^a   La Porta, Rafael ^b   Lopez de Silanes, Florencio ^c   Shleifer, Andrei ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Economic growth and aggregate productivity; Institutions; Political economy; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444289470     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEG.0000038933.16398.ed     Document Type: Article

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