Economic growth, export and external debt causality: The case of African countries

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-27

  Amoateng, Kofi ^a   Amoako Adu, Ben ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVARIATE CAUSALITY; CAUSALITY ANALYSIS; DEBT; DEBT SERVICING; DEVELOPING REGION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPORT GROWTH; EXPORT PROMOTION; FOREIGN DEBT; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0029751593     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036849600000003     Document Type: Article

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