Impacts of trade liberalisation on aggregate import in Bangladesh: An ARDL Bounds test approach

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-52

  Hoque, Mohammad Monjurul ^a   Yusop, Zulkornain ^b  

^a Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC)   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aggregate import; ARDL 'Bounds test'; Interaction impacts; Short run and long run impacts; Trade liberalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449170467     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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