Export-total factor productivity growth nexus in East Asian economies

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1663-1675

  Liao, Hailin ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; MACROECONOMICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67650711922     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840601032193     Document Type: Article

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