Do educated leaders matter?

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 554, 2011, Pages F205-227

  Besley, Timothy ^a   Montalvo, Jose G ^b   Reynal Querol, Marta ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL POWER;

EID: 79960600885     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02448.x     Document Type: Article

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