Aggregate investment and political instability: An econometric investigation

Economica

Volumn 70, Issue 279, 2003, Pages 533-549

  Campos, Nauro F ^a   Nugent, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; INVESTMENT; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0042326652     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.01081     Document Type: Article

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