Technology catch-up and the role of institutions

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1041-1053

  Manca, Fabio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth; Institutions; IPRs; TFP

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957892687     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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