The role of institutions in cross-section income and panel data growth models: A deeper investigation on the weakness and proliferation of instruments

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-140

  Vieira, Flávio ^a,b   MacDonald, Ronald ^b   Damasceno, Aderbal ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C33; Cross section and panel data analysis; Income levels and growth; Institutions; O43; O47; Weak instruments and instrument proliferation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856214935     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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