A missing spatial link in institutional quality

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-227

  Claeys, Peter ^a   Manca, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; GLOBALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL BORDER;

EID: 79251545845     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850903559542     Document Type: Article

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