The endogeneity of the natural rate of growth - An empirical study for Latin-American countries

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-53

  Vogel, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actual rate of growth; Endogeneity; Latin America; Natural rate of growth; Seemingly unrelated regressions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 59049102866     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692170802496869     Document Type: Article

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