Testing the Balassa-Samuelson effect: Implications for growth and the PPP

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-253

  Ricardo Faria, João ^a   León Ledesma, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causality; Output; Real exchange rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346272899     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-0704(03)00027-2     Document Type: Article

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