Growth econometrics for agnostics and true believers

European Economic Review

Volumn 81, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-102

  Rockey, James ^a   Temple, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian Model Averaging; Growth econometrics; Growth regressions

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84953637845     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.05.010     Document Type: Article

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