The agricultural basis of comparative development

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-370

  Vollrath, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Endogenous population growth; Growth; Malthus; Production; Structural transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855143669     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-011-9074-1     Document Type: Article

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