Infrastructure and development: A critical appraisal of the macro-level Literature

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 683-708

  Straub, Stéphane ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 79958724203     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2010.509785     Document Type: Review

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