Capital account liberalisation and poverty: How close is the link?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-323

  Arestis, Philip ^a,b   Caner, Asena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capital account liberalisation; Developing countries; Poverty; Quality of institutions

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950919679     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bep062     Document Type: Article

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