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I Just Ran Four Million Regressions
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In this paper I try to move away from the Extreme Bounds method of identifying" Instead of analyzing the" extreme bounds of the estimates of the coefficient of a particular variable distribution. My claim in this paper is that, if we do this, the picture emerging from the" empirical growth literature is not the pessimistic Robust" that we get with the" extreme bound analysis. Instead, we find that a substantial number of variables can be found" to be strongly related to growth.
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- Authors
- Sala-i-Martin, X.
- Venue
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Publisher
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Published
- 1997-11
- OpenAlex
- W1913804012
- Cited by
- 960
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 38 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 51 · 2013: 51 · 2012: 47
- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- National Bureau of Economic Research (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Repositori digital de la UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- National Bureau of Economic Research (submittedVersion)
- RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Productivity
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Development
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
- Keywords
- economic growth determinants, growth regressions, growth determinants
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