The missing dark matter in the wealth of nations and its implications for global imbalances

Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 51, 2007, Pages 469-518

  Hausmann, Ricardo ^a,b   Sturzenegger, Federico ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCK MARKET; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE;

EID: 34548200723     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2007.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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