In Good Company: About Agency and Economic Development in Global Perspective
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- Jan Luiten van Zanden, 2012. "In Good Company: About Agency and Economic Development in Global Perspective," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(S1), pages 16-27.
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Keywords
agency; economic development; economic history;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2012-01-03 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-HPE-2012-01-03 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
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