Optimising and non-optimising balance of trade models: A comparative evidence from India

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 349-368

  Singh, Tarlok ^a,b  

^a Reserve Bank of India ^*  (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Error correction model; Non nested tests; Non optimising model; Optimising model

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF TRADE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR CORRECTION; METHODOLOGY; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3242881139     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269217042000227123     Document Type: Article

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