An aggregate import demand function for India: A cointegration analysis

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 607-613

  Dutta, Dilip ^a   Ahmed, Nasiruddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; IMPORT; PRICE DYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 4344677365     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350455042000271134     Document Type: Article

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