Ideas, structure, state action and economic growth: Rethinking the Irish miracle

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-113

  Breznitz, Dan ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

co evolution; cognitive base constructivism; Developmental state; economic ideology; high technology; industrial policy; innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858308890     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2010.514260     Document Type: Article

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