Human capital and regional development

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-164

  Gennaioli, Nicola ^a   La Porta, Rafael ^b   Lopez de Silanes, Florencio ^c   Shleifer, Andrei ^d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN CAPITAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873578107     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjs050     Document Type: Article

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