Do Governance Indicators Explain Development Performance? A Cross-Country Analysis
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Do Governance Indicators Explain Development Performance? A Cross-Country Analysis (Economics Working Paper No. 417)
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2558894