FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AND INNOVATION: WHY POOR COUNTRIES DON'T CATCH UP

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1115-1152

  Gorodnichenko, Yuriy ^a   Schnitzer, Monika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

G3; O16; O3

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883791639     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12033     Document Type: Article

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