Political Instability and Economic Growth
National Bureau of Economic ResearchPublished 1 September 1992Open access
Alberto Alesina, Şule Özler, Nouriel Roubini, Phillip Swagel
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This paper investigates the relationship between political instability and per capita GDP growth in a sample of 113 countries for the period 1950-1982.
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Economics, Econometrics and Finance
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