Terms of trade shocks and the current account in Small Island developing states

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 855-876

  Santos Paulino, Amelia U ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SMALL ISLAND STATE; TERMS OF TRADE;

EID: 77952696069     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220381003623830     Document Type: Article

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