Institutions, human capital, and development

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 875-912

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a,b   Gallego, Francisco A ^c   Robinson, James A ^b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economic development; fundamental and proximate causes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905699576     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-080213-041119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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