Imperfect capital mobility: A general approach to the two-sector harris todaro model

Review of International Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-94

  Choi, Jai Young ^a   Yu, Eden S H ^b  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CAPITAL; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENTAL SECTOR;

EID: 74749095532     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2009.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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