The positional market and economic growth

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 915-942

  Tang, Shiping ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

economic growth; institution; institutional discrimination; positional market; social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649379919     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624440404     Document Type: Article

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