Can trade liberalization stimulate economic growth in Africa?

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 497-506

  Onafowora, Olugbenga A ^a   Owoye, Oluwole ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Exports; Investment; Sub Saharan Africa; Trade policies; Vector error correction

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ERROR CORRECTION; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT FLOWS; TRADE POLICY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0031927179     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)10058-4     Document Type: Article

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