An ARDL model of unrecorded and recorded economies in Turkey

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 627-646

  Dell'Anno, Roberto ^a   Halicioglu, Ferda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Economic development; Economic processes; Money; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149366640     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443581011086666     Document Type: Article

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