Testing Marshall-Lerner condition: A non-parametric approach

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 231-236

  Mahmud, Syed F ^a   Ullah, Aman ^b   Yucel, Eray M ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXCHANGE RATE; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 1842637748     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850410001674867     Document Type: Article

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