Rough and lonely road to prosperity: A reexamination of the sources of growth in Africa using Bayesian model averaging

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 671-682

  Masanjala, Winford H ^a,b   Papageorgiou, Chris ^c  

^a University of Malawi   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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EID: 51449116552     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1020     Document Type: Article

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