Is tolerance good or bad for growth?

Public Choice

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 283-308

  Berggren, Niclas ^a   Elinder, Mikael ^a,b,c  

^a Jönköping University and Ratio Institute Stockholm   (Sweden)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Creativity; Diversity; Growth; Human capital; Innovation; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755171132     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9702-x     Document Type: Article

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