Economic freedom, civil liberties, political rights and growth: a causality analysis

Spanish Economic Review - Tập 11 Số 3 - Trang 165-178 - 2009
José Aixalá1, Gema Fabro1
1Departamento de Estructura, Historia Económica y Economía Pública, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

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