The Balassa-Samuelson hypothesis in Estonia: Oil shale, tradable goods, regulated prices and other culprits

World Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-286

  Égert, Balázs ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL SHALE;

EID: 14744306576     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2005.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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