Investigating the relationship between health and economic growth: Empirical evidence from a panel of 5 Asian countries

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 404-411

  Narayan, Seema ^a   Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^b   Mishra, Sagarika ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Health; Panel cointegration; Panel unit root

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952957620     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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