Unbundled institutions, human capital and growth

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-120

  Bhattacharyya, Sambit ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth; Human capital; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249132599     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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