A Reassessment of Long-Run Elasticities of Japanese Import Demand

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 625-639

  Masih, Rumi ^a   Masih, Abul M M ^b  

^a Goldman Sachs Group   (United States)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic; Elasticities; Import; Long run

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005906133     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0161-8938(98)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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