Flows of people, flows of ideas, and the inequality of nations

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-32

  Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck ^a   Dalgaard, Carl Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

International travel; IV estimation; Productivity; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951853529     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-011-9060-7     Document Type: Article

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