The prebisch-singer hypothesis: Four centuries of evidence

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 367-377

  Harvey, David I ^a   Kellard, Neil M ^b   Madsen, Jakob B ^c   Wohar, Mark E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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EID: 77955148324     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.2010.12184     Document Type: Article

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