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Effects of life expectancy on economic growth: new results using the flexible Box–Cox power transformation model

Albert A. OkunadeDepartment of Economics, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ahmad R. OsmaniDepartment of Economics, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3327-1889
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Pages 1681-1684 | Published online: 12 Jan 2020

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