Globalization and economic growth: A political economy analysis for OECD countries

Global Economic Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-173

  Chang, Chun Ping ^a   Lee, Chien Chiang ^b  

^a Department of Marketing Management ^*  (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Causality; Economic growth; Globalization; OECD; Panel cointegration; Political party

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958126796     PISSN: 1226508X     EISSN: 17443873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1226508X.2010.483835     Document Type: Article

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