Does GDP distort Mexico's economic performance?

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 973-986

  Fuess Jr , Scott M ^b   Van Den Berg, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032381072     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061214     Document Type: Article

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