Time-varying causality between research output and economic growth in US

Scientometrics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 203-216

  Inglesi Lotz, Roula ^a   Balcilar, Mehmet ^b   Gupta, Rangan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Causality; Economic growth; Research output; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902273926     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1257-z     Document Type: Article

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