The diffusion of development

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 469-529

  Spolaore, Enrico ^a   Wacziarg, Romain ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 67650105655     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.2.469     Document Type: Article

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