Natural land productivity, cooperation and comparative development

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 351-408

  Litina, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cooperation; Development; Growth; Industrialization; Land productivity; Social Capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982867375     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-016-9134-7     Document Type: Article

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