Aid versus trade revisited: Donor and recipient policies in the presence of learning-by-doing

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 492, 2004, Pages 150-173

  Adam, Christopher S ^a   O'Connell, Stephen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; AID POLICY; INTERNATIONAL AID; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE RELATIONS; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0842301390     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0013-0133.2003.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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