Openness and growth: The long shadow of the Berlin Wall

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-422

  Buch, Claudia M ^a   Toubal, Farid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

German re unification; Growth; Openness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949084950     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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