Export specialization and economic growth

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 661-688

  Plümper, Thomas ^b   Graff, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Endogenous growth theory; High tech; Industrial policy; Strategic trade; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035730674     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290110077638     Document Type: Article

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