The impact of terrorism and conflicts on growth in Asia

Economics and Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-383

  Gaibulloev, Khusrav ^a   Sandler, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPENDITURE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; TERRORISM;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 70349961951     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: 14680343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2009.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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