R&D spillovers through student flows, institutions, and economic growth: What can we Learn from African countries?

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-130

  Le, Thanh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Van Xuan Centre of Research in Economics Management and Environment   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; KNOWLEDGE; SPILLOVER EFFECT; STUDENT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84855365271     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2011.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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