Have output growth rates stabilised? Evidence from the G-7 economies

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 232-246

  Mills, Terence C ^a   Wang, Ping ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; G-7 COUNTRY; GROWTH RATE; NATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 0042320586     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.5003008     Document Type: Article

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