The export-growth relationship: Estimating a dose-response function

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1855-1859

  Fryges, Helmut ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPORT; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 70849135671     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850701719496     Document Type: Article

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