An empirical investigation of the causal relationship between openness and economic growth in China

Applied Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1679-1686

  Liu, Xiaming ^a   Song, Haiyan ^b   Romilly, Peter ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; GNP; TERMS OF TRADE; TRADE OPENNESS;

CHINA;

EID: 0031447635     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036849700000043     Document Type: Article

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