Testing for country heterogeneity in growth models using a finite mixture approach

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-514

  Alfò, Marco ^a   Trovato, Giovanni ^b   Waldmann, Robert J ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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EID: 51449085125     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1008     Document Type: Article

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