Dynamics of the trade balance and the terms of trade in LDCs: the S-curve

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-131

  Senhadji, Abdelhak S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF TRADE; BUSINESS CYCLE; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; OECD; TERMS OF TRADE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0031727261     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(97)00043-3     Document Type: Article

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