Is the IMF right?: How robust is the relationship between market-oriented institutions and policies and economic growth?

Capitalism, Democracy and the Prevention of War and Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 108-134

  de Haan, Jakob ^a   Sturm, Jan Egbert ^a  

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EID: 85144451476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203886298-7     Document Type: Chapter

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