Tariff endogeneity: Evidence from 19th century Europe

Economics Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-350

  Thornton, John ^a   Molyneux, Philip ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Granger causality tests; Real GNP; Tariff model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287056     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(97)00189-4     Document Type: Article

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