Causality between exports, imports, and economic growth: Evidence from transition economies

Economics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-395

  Awokuse, Titus O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CEEC nations; Cointegration; Economic growth; Granger causality; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847075749     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.08.025     Document Type: Article

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