Chapter 10 Explaining cross-country income differences

Handbook of Macroeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue PART A, 1999, Pages 669-737

  McGrattan, Ellen R ^a   Schmitz Jr , James A ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

cross country income differences; endogenous growth theory; growth accounting; growth regressions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956787469     PISSN: 15740048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0048(99)01013-7     Document Type: Review

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