Determinants of the physical demand for gold: Evidence from panel data

World Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 416-436

  Starr, Martha ^a   Tran, Ky ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GOLD;

EID: 39749157165     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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