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Catching up in the postwar period: Puerto Rico as the fifth "Tiger"?

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  • Baumol, William J. & Wolff, Edward N., 1996. "Catching up in the postwar period: Puerto Rico as the fifth "Tiger"?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 24(5), pages 869-885, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:24:y:1996:i:5:p:869-885
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    2. Sotomayor, Orlando, 2004. "Development and Income Distribution: The Case of Puerto Rico," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 32(8), pages 1395-1406, August.
    3. Luis Gautier, 2017. "Foreign direct investment under fiscal interdependence when policy is set unilaterally," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 579-599, October.
    4. Glenn Jenkins & J. TOMAS HEXNER, 1994. "Puerto Rico - The Economics of Status," Development Discussion Papers 1994-04, JDI Executive Programs.
    5. Marein, Brian, 2020. "Economic development in Puerto Rico after US annexation: Anthropometric evidence," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 38(C).
    6. Padin, Jose A., 2003. "Puerto Rico in the Post War: Liberalized Development Banking and the Fall of the "Fifth Tiger"," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 281-301, February.

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