Why We Learn Nothing from Regressing Economic Growth on Policies

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The effect of climate change on economic growth: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (2015, background): “This has not gone unnoticed in the current literature on cross-country growth regressions (see for instance Levine and Renelt 1992; Temple 2000; Rodrik 2012).”
Explaining agricultural productivity growth: an international perspective (2010, background): “Policymakers choose policies in response to market failures but also market opportunities and for rent-seeking purposes associated with the political economy of agricultural policies (Rodrik, 2005).”
What Constrains Financial Inclusion for Women? Evidence from Indian Micro data (2017, background): “As it well recognized, cross-country studies exhibit several limitations (Honohan, 2007; Rodrik, 2012), which makes within- country studies much more appealing.”