An empirical analysis of Fiji's import demand function

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 158-168

  Narayan, Seema ^a   Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiji; Imports; Supply and demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544472872     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443580510600931     Document Type: Article

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