The state economic modernity index: an index of state building, state size and scope, and state economic power
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Keywords
State building; State capacity; Economic freedom; Economic institutions; Governance; Social capital;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
- H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
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