Tolerance for uncertainty and the growth of informationally opaque industries

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-353

  Huang, Rocco R ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirics; Growth; Information; Social norm

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LABOR MARKET; MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

QUERCUS;

EID: 48049119271     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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