Does insurance matter for growth: Empirical evidence from OECD countries

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Chien Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

insurance premium; OECD countries; panel causality; panel cointegration; real GDP

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959967089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1690.2080     Document Type: Article

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