Nonlinearities in growth: From evidence to policy

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-58

  Cohen Cole, Ethan B ^a   Durlauf, Steven N ^b   Rondina, Giacomo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Nonlinearity; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857440343     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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