An African growth miracle? Or: What do asset indices tell us about trends in economic performance?

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL1, 2013, Pages

  Harttgen, Kenneth ^a   Klasen, Stephan ^b   Vollmer, Sebastian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Asset index; GDP growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883500677     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12016     Document Type: Article

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