The influence of scientific research output of academics on economic growth in South Africa: An autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) application

Scientometrics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-139

  Inglesi Lotz, R ^a   Pouris, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ARDL; Economic growth; Publications; Research output; Scientometrics; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874813175     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0817-3     Document Type: Article

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