Thirlwall's law and the long-term equilibrium growth rate: An application to Brazil

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-136

  Britto, Gustavo ^a,b   McCombie, John ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Center for Development and Regional Planning (Cedeplar)   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance of payments constrained; Brazil; Growth; Import elasticity; Long term equilibrium; Thirlwall's law

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350077539     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PKE0160-3477320108     Document Type: Article

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