Trade liberalization, the income elasticity of demand for imports, and growth in Latin America

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-61

  Pacheco López, Penélope ^a   Thirlwall, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance of payments; Growth; Latin America; Trade liberalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749624538     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PKE0160-3477290103     Document Type: Article

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