Macroeconomic stability and the distribution of growth rates

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 443-479

  Sirimaneetham, Vatcharin ^a   Temple, Jonathan R W ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; MACROECONOMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; THRESHOLD;

EID: 71549163890     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhp008     Document Type: Article

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