Deconstructing the BRICs: Structural transformation and aggregate productivity growth

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-227

  de Vries, Gaaitzen J ^a   Erumban, Abdul A ^a   Timmer, Marcel P ^a   Voskoboynikov, Ilya ^a,d   Wu, Harry X ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c The Conference Board China Centre   (China)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

BRIC countries; Economic growth; New structural economics; Structural change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862831886     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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