Growth in regions

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 259-309

  Gennaioli, Nicola ^a   La Porta, Rafael ^b   Lopez De Silanes, Florencio ^c   Shleifer, Andrei ^d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Human capital; Mobility barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905685782     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-014-9105-9     Document Type: Article

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