From tradition to modernity: Economic growth in a small world

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-29

  Lindner, Ines ^a   Strulik, Holger ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic integration; Firm size; Growth; Modernization; Networks; Norms

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC THEORY; ENTREPRENEUR; FIRM SIZE; MODERNIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84898917803     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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