Does sovereignty help economic growth? A recent reassessment
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Sovereignty; Convergence; Economic growth; Independence; Democracy;All these keywords.
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- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
- O00 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - General - - - General
- F54 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism
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