Revisited export-led growth hypothesis: An empirical study on India

South Asia Economic Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 305-324

  Dash, Ranjan Kumar ^a  

^a National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)   (India)

Author keywords

Causality; Economic Growth; Export led Growth Hypothesis; Multivariate Co integration Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649333321     PISSN: 13915614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/139156140901000203     Document Type: Article

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