Defining Country Size: A Descriptive Analysis of Small and Large States
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Keywords
Country Size; Small States; Cluster Analysis and Economic Growth;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
- O50 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - General
- O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GER-2015-08-30 (German Papers)
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