Cart before the horse? The saving-growth nexus in Mexico

Economics Letters

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-47

  Sinha, Dipendra ^a   Sinha, Tapen ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C32; Cointegration; E21; O11; Saving growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032354686     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00144-x     Document Type: Article

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