Trade liberalisation and the trade-off between growth and the balance of payments in Latin America

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 469-490

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

^a International Trade Centre   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance of payments; Growth; Latin America; Trade liberalisation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MACROECONOMICS; TRADE FLOW; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE-OFF;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 34547947805     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692170701474587     Document Type: Article

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