Institutions and financial development: Evidence from international migrants in the United States

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 498-517

  Osili, Una Okonkwo ^a   Paulson, Anna L ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 49749105983     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.90.3.498     Document Type: Article

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