Abstract
This paper reviews the conceptual, methodological, and statistical problems associated with drawing inferences from cross-country regressions. The authors elaborate on the particular problems associated with empirical attempts to link particular policies with long-run growth. They hope to stimulate improvements in the design, implementation, and interpretability of cross-country investigations and to caution readers about the confidence they place in existing findings.
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InterpretabilityConceptual modelEconomicsEconometricsPositive economicsPublic economicsManagement scienceComputer scienceArtificial intelligence
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- 1991
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Ross Renelt Levine
(1991).
Cross-country studies of growth and policy : methodological, conceptual, and statistical problems.
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
, 1.