Port capital formation and economic development in Japan: A vector autoregression approach

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 723-732

  Kawakami, Tetsu ^a   Doi, Masayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Japan; Ports; Public investment; VAR model

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PORT DEVELOPMENT; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 10844294040     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10110-004-0214-2     Document Type: Article

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