Blunt Instruments: Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Identifying the Causes of Economic Growth

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  2013

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  American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

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  2013-03-27

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  Economics

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  DOI 10.1257/MAC.5.2.152
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