Discount rates in Vietnam

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 873-887

  Anderson, C Leigh ^a   Dietz, Maya ^a   Gordon, Andrew ^a   Klawitter, Marieka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISCOUNT RATE; METHODOLOGY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 4644290380     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381111     Document Type: Article

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