Tourism, economic growth and current account deficit in Pakistan: Evidence from co-integration and causal analysis

European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences

Volumn , Issue 22, 2010, Pages 21-31

  Malik, Shahnawaz ^a   Chaudhry, Imran Sharif ^a   Sheikh, Muhammad Ramzan ^a   Farooqi, Fareed Shareef ^a  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Current Account Deficit; Economic Growth; Granger Causality; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956526170     PISSN: 14502275     EISSN: 14502275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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